| gen. |
veiled insult (Ремедиос_П); backhanded insult (NB: данный русский вариант -- это лишь одно из двух возможных значений.
"Backhanded insulted" is a relatively new term, with only 70K hits on google. The phrase itself is somewhat of a reaction to the phrase "backhanded compliment." A potential example could be something like "That dress is so disgustingly ugly that it totally destroys your usual sexiness." See how that calls someone sexy while insulting a dress? However, use of the phrase is not clear. In fact, there's an article where "backhanded insult" was used to mean "indirect insult".  quora.com Alexander Oshis) |
