Arabic: خنفسه شافت عيالها على الحيط قالت ده لولى ملضم فى خيط
Khanfasa shafet ‘ayalha ‘ala al-hayt, qalet da luli mladdam fi khayt
English: Your mother is like a cockroach who saw her children on the wall but mistook them for beautiful pearls
collected: Riga, Latvia (08-01-2016)
origin: Egyptian insult joke, in Arabic. Usually said by grandmothers as a way to call someone ugly. The (very) literal translation is: “A beetle saw her kids on the wall and said pearls connected by a string.”
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Latvian: Tavas acis ir kā divas zvaigznes – viena zemāk, otra augstāk.
English: Your eyes are as beautiful as the stars. one is higher and the other is lower.
collected: Riga, Latvia (08-01-2016)
origin: Traditional Latvian pickup line / joke
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Latvian: Tavas acis ir tik skaistas kā divi ezeri, tikpat zaļas un duļķainas.
English: Your eyes are as beautiful as two lakes. Just as green and foggy.
collected: Riga, Latvia (08-01-2016)
origin: Traditional Latvian pickup line / joke
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Latvian: Tu esi tik neglīts, ka pat tava mamma mēģināja pārliecināt ārstus, ka tu neesi viņas dēls.
English: you are so ugly, that even your mom tried to convince the doctors that you were not her baby.
collected: Riga, Latvia (08-01-2016)
origin: A joke his father used to tell him when he was a child, because he said he was an ugly baby
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Latvian: Man ir māsa. Un mamma teica, ka viena no mums ir atsitusies tēvā, bet otra pret izlietni.
English: I have a sister. My father said one is similar to him, the other was hit by a sink.
collected: Riga, Latvia (08-01-2016)
origin: Traditional/classic Latvian joke. Play on words – double meaning of the word for “similar”
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“You have so many gaps in your teeth that it looks like your tongue is behind bars in jail”
collected: Cleveland, Ohio – Cleveland Institute of Art (11-7-14)
origin: growing up in Philly in the 90s/early 2000s. They called it “coming at your neck” and it would often end in physical fights
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“You have a face perfect for radio”
collected: Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University (9-20-14)
origin: read it in a joke book
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“Does your face hurt? It’s killing me.”
collected: Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University (9-20-14)
origin: her dad used to say it to her (Rochester, NY)
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“I feel bad for your mama, having such an ugly child”
collected: Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University (9-20-14)
origin: from “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”
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“I’ve seen prettier faces than you on the back of a fly swatter”
collected: Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University (9-20-14)
origin: her uncle Bob, from Pittsburgh, used to say it to her all the time