What about a "runt"?
2007-03-03 09:02:58 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
It is an insult to be called any name if it is not meant in a joking manner
2007-03-11 03:37:19 · answer #1 · answered by annie 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree with some of the other answers. "Scrawny" means thin. Runt has another meaning (as in not equal to others- runt of the litter).
I am short, but not scrawny.
I have been called worse than "runt" though-
Stumpy, shorty, and when I was younger, some people used me as an arm rest. Their arms/elbows didn't rest on me for very long.
(not without some discomfort)
2007-03-03 22:18:10 · answer #2 · answered by Lizzie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As said scrawny is skinny.
At 4'11 since i was 12 and now 21, much doesn't bother me when people call me short in anyway. I've always said it's something that makes me cuter than I already am.
Don't call somone short and ugly or with a little extra meat a runt they might take it in another way other than short!
2007-03-10 05:35:35 · answer #3 · answered by LRS1085 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A couple decades ago I felt obliged to put my back against
Pacific Is. bistro wall when the other occupants began fist fighting. I observed the only other non-combatant cross the
struggling mob toward me. He was typical islander, short,
burnt mahogany by tropic sun. The man tried to knock my brains out using bamboo chair. About then the riot squad arrived swinging 36' ironwood clubs so I jumped over the bar and ran out rear exit. About 100 yards from the shanty
I stopped within coconut grove to find that murderous runt 10'
away panting just like me. I gasped the obvious question.
His world-weary wine breath reply was that I had been the only person present in the whole mob who was 'larger than anyone else.'
2007-03-11 15:54:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
'Scrawny' means thin. Are Mickey Rooney and Roseanne Barr scrawny? Was Napoleon Bonaparte a 'runt' at 5'4"? I would be more shocked than insulted because the speaker would likely be looking Up to me at 6'2"
2007-03-03 17:21:18 · answer #5 · answered by Beejee 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm of average height, but I am very small boned, and I do consider it an insult when someone calls me scrawny. No one has ever called me "runt," but I would find this insulting as well.
2007-03-03 17:08:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Runt comes from the smallest in a litter, scrawny is usually used to describe thin stature people, bony, under-fed.
They are both rude when used to describe a person, if meant to insult one.
The person may just be playfully nicknaming so do not take it too personal, you will grow . Good luck, and keep your chin up.
2007-03-10 14:41:56 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
its the tall peoples way of getting back at us for asking how the weather is up there, or saying that they must play basketball. it may hurt, but hey we're short and if thats the only "flaw" they see, then yay for us. :-) if you have health issues then yes scrawny or runt may be insulting and make you re-evaluate yourself, but like my husband always says, dont be too sensitive, people are just messing.
2007-03-11 07:38:58 · answer #8 · answered by §tephanie @nn 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Short would be ok, it is true, scrawny sounds dirty and I would feel disrespected. Runt, that may make me giggle. God bless****
2007-03-03 18:19:51 · answer #9 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am only 5 feet but being short is not a problem to me. I have all the confidence to shrug off this kind of call.
2007-03-08 23:51:03 · answer #10 · answered by kibbs 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋