Bastard
Approval Rate: 50%
Reviews 18
by jester002
Thu Sep 23 2010If your child happens to be adopted...this probably isn't the word to use in a heated argument with your spouse.
by castlebee
Thu Sep 23 2010I prefer the more humorous sounding - "Ya bastid."
by roysgirl4eva
Thu Dec 17 2009an orphan? come on...
by zuchinibut
Thu Nov 20 2008The term bastard has been around a long time and like most great insults has a variety of uses. Used as it is intended, the actual meaning of the word can be quite harsh. Insulting a person for something out of their control is never too kind. However, it can also be used among friends as a term of endearment or a simple reminder of ignorance or stupidity.In response to EDT: Thanks for your thoughts. I'm also adopted and my parents were always open with me about the situation. However, it was never suggested that I should keep that private because of what others might think. I never had a problem with insults from others growing up. The only time I remember getting a little upset about my "bastard" status as a child was when an ignorant peer unwittingly asked, " Is it true that you're an orphan?"
by edt4226d
Wed Nov 19 2008I think my adoptive parents were always worried this was the appellation that was going to applied to me throughout my childhood, as I am, quite literally, "a bastard". My parents were always open with me about my adopted status (they purposely didn't want to know too much about my origins, other than the fact that I was healthy and came from reasonably accomplished people, but the natural assumption was that my birth had been illegitimate), but they were from an older generation where illegitimate birth carried a great stigma, and they always told me, "You don't want to tell other people you're adopted." When I became old enough to understand what sex was, and what "illegitimate birth" was, it bothered me not at all, although the admonition not to tell anyone I was adopted, with its implication that there was something shameful about my origins, probably wasn't the healthiest message to impart to me as a kid, although my parents did it with the best of intentions in order to protect m... Read more
by genghisthehun
Wed Nov 19 2008Here we have another great word that we got from our friends the Middle English who acquired it from the Norman Invasion and the Normans' Old French. The word has passed from polite language to vulgarism that makes it even more attractive. It can be used both as an insult and as a term of endearment. That is quite a word.
by jordan04n
Mon Jul 21 2008.......a pix is worth a thousand words...
by irishgit
Fri Jun 29 2007Personally, when this word has been applied to me, I've usually taken it as a sign that I was doing my job well.
by vudija
Fri Jun 29 2007Probably one of my most often used terms.
by twansalem
Fri Jun 29 2007Best used in the Southpark context: "You killed Kenny, you bastards!"Or even better, on the occasions where they accidently kill Kenny themselves, since the statement is mandatory, they completely deadpan: "We killed Kenny, we're bastards."
by canadasucks
Fri Jun 29 2007In certain circles, it's more complimentary than insulting. . .a little low on the list. . .
by jed1000
Fri Jun 29 2007One of the best, and it works well with adjectives... dumb bastard, phoney bastard, geeky bastard etc. etc. etc.
by numbah16tdhaha
Wed Apr 25 2007I always call my friends bastards...
by texasyankee
Tue Apr 26 2005I will use this on occasion too. It can be effective at times.
by darkness302
Sat May 22 2004A Furry (Animals with human qualites) I created always uses this word. ; )
by jagman28782
Sat Mar 20 2004In my book, if you're not a bastard, your a dumbass.
by classictvfan47
Fri Feb 06 2004Very insulting. And, a profanity too.
by lukskywlkr
Sun Jan 25 2004I've used this one more times than I care to remember. My cousin's two-year-old daughter has picked this word up and she's been referring to him as bastard. He's trying his best to deprogram that one out of her vocabulary.