A fork of Rural Dictionary
"That's such a nice dress. It does wonders for your figure."
This person has just delievered a complisult.
An compliment mixed with an insult, neither hidden.
Sdean: You have nice eyes there, big nose
Sdean: see thats a compliment mixed with an insult I call it a complisult
An insult worded in the form of a compliment, or an accidental insult meant to be a compliment.
Instead of an insult, that bitch gave me a complisult to try to seem nice. "I see you look less fat than usual today." insult compliment wrongdoing accident
when something is a compliment AND an insult, at the same time. ;)
*Talking about an ugly person*
Friend 1: "Don't worry, you're not as ugly as her"
Friend 2: "Oh, thanks."
Friend 3: "That was a complisult..."
Friend 1: "Oh yeah..."
"You can do much better than him!"
(That is a complisult because they are saying that the girl deserves more, but they are insulting her boyfriend at the same time.)
When one makes a statement to another that is part compliment, part insult.
Popularized by the NBC show Community.
Nurse: He'd like to see Annie next...
Jeff: You know what? No. He'll see Jeff next.
*Gets up to Leave*
Nurse: Wait, you're not suppo-
Jeff: Or what? You'll do twice the work of a doctor for half the pay?
*Leaves Defiantly*
Nurse: ... Thank you?
Britta: Call it a Complisult. Part compliment, part insult-He invented them. I coined the term. See what I did there? That was an Explanabrag.
An insult and compliment handed over simultaneously.
A dubious friend paid me a complisult. After viewing several of my paintings they said..."Now THAT ONE I like!!"
A compliment that is really an insult, or an insult that is really a compliment
"He called me a wannabe geek. Now I'm not sure if he was being nice or mean. I suppose he meant it as a complisult"