42 Compliments That Are Actually Insulting

TL;DR: It’s not a compliment if it has a qualifier.

1. You're so cool, you're like a dude in a girl's body.
2. You're so much prettier/taller/nicer in person.
3. You look good for your age.
4. I love how you just don't care what you look like.
5. You look nothing like your pictures.
6. If I was drunk I'd be all over you.
7. Wow, you're really good at that for a _______.
8. Wow, you're cool for a __________.
9. Wow, you're pretty for a __________.
10. You're so funny for a _________.
11. You look so pretty when you smile.

Bravo

12. You look great today.
13. Wow, that shirt/bag/thing you're doing is so YOU.
14. You're so _____, how are you still single?
15. I don't even think of you as a [gender/race/sexual identity].
16. You don't act like a [gender/race/sexual identity].
17. You clean up so well!
18. You look so pretty with straight/curly hair!
19. You carry your weight well.
20. You know... you might not be much to look at in today's day and age, but in my day we'd have painted you on the side of a plane! *real thing old men say

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