Post #1969904

“Muppet” as an insult is mostly a British thing; I wasn’t the one starting it, it’s something I picked up because it lets me criticise behaviour without being ableist. It did originate from the show, though. (Note it isn’t used this way in either Portuguese or Italian.) I used it there to translate the general sentiment. The actual insults are anta - literally “tapir” (as the animal); fool, idiot, someone who does dumb shit. paspalho - fool, vain, clown-like person. But it sounds stronger than just “you fool”. [IT] testa di cazzo - literally “dickhead”. However “cazzo” (dick) in Italian is a bit of a generic insult, much like “shit” in English, so I thought “shithead” sounded better.