What is common insult?

Some articles on insult, common:

Godverdomme - Profanity Related To Sexuality, The Human Body, and Animals
... As an insult, it's comparable to the English word "dickhead" when applied to a person ... fuck An English loan word, fuck is a common expletive ... Depending on context, it can also be used as an insult ...
Schijt - Profanity Related To Sexuality, The Human Body, and Animals
... As an insult, it's comparable to the English word "dickhead" when applied to a person ... fuck An English loan word, fuck is a common expletive ... Depending on context, it can also be used as an insult ...

Famous quotes containing the words insult and/or common:

    “A doll in the doll-maker’s house
    Looks at the cradle and bawls:
    “That is an insult to us.””
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “The common notions that we find in credit around us and infused into our souls by our fathers’ seed, these seem to be the universal and natural ones. Whence it comes to pass that what is off the hinges of custom, people believe to be off the hinges of reason.”
    —Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)