I usually use shithead or a pismire. Sometimes I'll say coprocephalic imbecile. My kids call each other coprolites.


In recent years I've begun to ponder the question Mr Sammler asked, "Who made shit a sacrament?"


Frau Edie told us one of the worst things you could call someone in German was "eine sau," a sow. Apparently it has some sexual connotations.


During cultural revolution in PRC a big insult was son of a dog. My wife told me that one way to insult another person was to tell him you were his grandfather. Both of these seem pretty mild and I wonder if she is sheltering me from the really juicy stuff.


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