Insults that only make sense in Detroit
Many cities are a world of their own, and in Detroit, there is a language that only Detroiters understand, and with that comes insults that only people from metro Detroit can be deeply wounded by. For those moments that need a slick comeback that is more tooth and nail than usual, we’ve collected some of the most cutting Detroit insults, some from Redditors and some of our own, that only a true metro Detroiter will get.
Lee DeVito
“You’re so ugly that not even the ever-watching eye of Joumana wants to look at you.” – NotAnActualWolf
1 of 20
Notorious4life, Wikimedia Creative Commons
“You smell like Zug Island.” – stos313
2 of 20
Shutterstock
"You probably stop for traffic lights." – Nightcaste
4 of 20
Google Maps
“You cute...for an East Side girl.”
– rehtenk
5 of 20
Shutterstock
"Your mom works on 8 Mile." – kill-69
7 of 20
Screenshot via YouTube
“You went to Cranbrook, that’s a private school!” – stos313
8 of 20
“You’re more of a disaster than the Pistons’ last season.”
9 of 20
Noah Wulf/Wikimedia Commons
Facebook, Orchid Ferndale
Wikmedia Commons
“You’re more of a letdown than Detroit’s public transportation.”
13 of 20
Steve Neavling
“You’re so stupid you think ‘wutupdoe’ is something you say to deer.” – stos313
14 of 20
Google Maps
“That’s that westside shit.”
17 of 20
Shutterstock
“Your girl waits longer for you to make her finish than she waits for the train in Ferndale.”
– Agreeablemartini
18 of 20
Bill Walsh, Flickr Creative Commons
“This girl I used to date asked me to kiss her where it stinks, so I took her to Hamtramck!”
– Delicious-Skill-617
19 of 20
City of Warren
"You look scarier than Jim Fouts."
20 of 20
