Complisult
A compliment and an insult in the one breath. An Irish mammy speciality.
'Dat dinner was lovely, I'd never have thought ya could cook,' she says. A complisult if ever I heard one.
Shall I translate it into posh English for you, horse?
Hello! I've polished my vowels for you. Here it is in posh English.
"That dinner was delightful. I should never have imagined you could cook," she remarked. A backhanded compliment if ever I heard one.
Questions
What does complisult mean in Ireland?
A compliment and an insult in the one breath. An Irish mammy speciality.
How do you use complisult in a sentence?
“'Dat dinner was lovely, I'd never have thought ya could cook,' she says. A complisult if ever I heard one.”
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