A Rat Bastard...

 A Rat Bastard... 

     I must mention the term rat bastard that was one of Greg's favorites. The term was used around my Dad's rough around the edges pals that he may have met on North Broadway in his youth. A real bad guy might be called a rat bastard which was worse than being a son of a bitch because it connoted an ongoing condition rather that a singular offensive act. If a guy cut you off he would be a SOB but if he was a bum who would steal from a working man or mistreat a woman he might get the worse two word description. This post is an examination of denigrating terms my dear old pal would use in expressing contempt or even pure anger at another person who crossed him or his moral code. There were many other epithets but some may be a bit raunchy and I doubt he would care so on we go:

If a guy was just clueless or  was trying to make up rules as he went along he might choose to say "this guy is a real foul ball"

A man who was just plain bad in all his interactions with the public would be called "a prick with ears."

A  businessman or politician who pretended to be in charge but was just a puppet would be called "an empty suit"

If Greg used the adjective of "little" before one of his insults that was just letting you know the target was being doubly dismissed. 

"Fucking idiot" was short, to the point and let you know the condition was permanent.

It has been discussed before but a foolish and clueless fellow would be "an egg" or even "an egg's egg"

Please excuse the sexist language but an ornamental woman with no standards or intellgence might be dismissed as a "bag of tits"

 Another one spat out was "look at this three dollar bill" His usage had nothing to do with gay people.

Although he grew out of homophobia he liked to use a term he borrowed from Minnie to identify an effeminent gent as a "pantywaist"

A catchall used thousands of times was simply "what a phony" This word was used by the father and the son to ridicule anyone thinking they had all the answers but actually had no clue.

In describing Sean Hannity he would say "he looks like his mother parts his hair for him"

He called Ronald Reagan (who he pronounced Ree-gun) as a "drugstore cowboy"

Of course, through gritted teeth "he never did a day's work in his life"

For a man who had forgone his personal appearance for boozing "guy suffers from BRD (Booze related deformity")

A clueless fool might earn the title "Pudknocker"

Borrowed from his  godfather for a man without redeeming qualities "a real nothin' guy" or even "a nothin' from nothin'sville"

Another one for a person who had a too high opinion of himself "guy thinks his shit don't stink"

I will leave this to any other suggestions but I always liked "this guy really gives me a pain in the balls"