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The people on the internet have all the answers for any situation you might find yourself in. Looking for the most space-efficient ways to fold your socks - there’s a Quora thread on that. Interested in finding the best cat breed for first-time owners? Sure, no problem. Wanting to learn all about the best comebacks ever? Well, there’s definitely a Reddit thread for that, which we’ve found, had tons of fun while reading, and are now offering the best comebacks ever served fresh for your judgment.

Now, hopefully, you don’t need to have a savage comeback prepared for daily use. If that’s the case, we’d strongly advise you to stay away from such a toxic environment! But, chances are, you’ll still encounter a very stubborn person or two once in a while, when the only means to stop their sheer ignorance would be to use one of these best comebacks to shut someone up once and for all. What’s even better is that smart comebacks are battle-tested and trialed in real life, so you can be sure they’re definitely effective in achieving the effect you’re hoping for - the dumbfounded silence of your opponent. 

As we’ve mentioned before, you won’t find the best insults anywhere else but on this AskReddit thread, in which we roamed for quite a while to gather the absolute gems that have the power to end any old argument. So, scroll on down below, check them all out, and give your vote to the best comebacks to an insult you’d gladly use should the need arise.

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#1

"I'm a woman and my job basically boils down to arguing with attorneys who are mostly men with huge egos and a large helping of disdain for people they deem "beneath them". It's common for them to get pushy, loud, and insulting when they're not getting their way. That was intimidating at first, but now I look forward to it because it gives me an opportunity to use my favourite line: "It sounds like you're getting a little emotional about this; do you want to call me back when you've calmed down so we can get this done?"

This is always met with a delicious pause, followed by them either hanging up or launching into the most high-pitched screeching you've ever heard. Being called emotional by a perfectly calm woman breaks something in them and it's my favourite thing."

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Now I'm curious, and would like to hear one of these calls

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72 Of The Best Comebacks To Shut Someone Up, As Per People On The Internet “Aussie here, you guys are overthinking this, let me help: ‘F*ck-off-ya-c*nt.’”

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This should be higher, the rest may work in a TV High School drama, but in real life? Naah mate, this is the reality.

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#3

"'Well, I guess what everyone says about you is true'.

My Dad told me to say this, and the typical bully type will generally go crazy thinking everyone talks about them behind their back."

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72 Of The Best Comebacks To Shut Someone Up, As Per People On The Internet “I just go full Mr. Rogers, ‘It sounds like you’re having some big feelings. Big feelings are hard, aren’t they Buddy?’”

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#5

"Just walk away while they are talking, it's probably the rudest thing you can do. Plus you save your time and if they call you a coward smile in evil joy as you know they'll be thinking about this for the rest of the week."

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I had this done to me once, unprovoked, and can report that it is indeed incredibly crushing and a great tactic to use on someone who deserves it!

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"I once got punched in the face by a guy who had started trying to bully me in 7th grade. I don't know why but I just started laughing--that uncontrollable, "this isn't funny and it's not appropriate to laugh right now, but there's no way to stop it" type laugh.

It wasn't intentional and I wasn't trying to freak the guy out, but he turned beat red, mumbled that I was a "f*cking psycho", and stalked away.

He wouldn't even make eye contact with me through the end of high school, so that worked out well."

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"Once I saw an AITA post where a bride was jealous of a guest (because she was too beautiful and "stole her day, even if she was perfectly elegant) and she was insulting her. The bride told her: "So next time, can I come to your wedding in a wedding gown ?".

The guest replied: "If you think it'll help"."

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72 Of The Best Comebacks To Shut Someone Up, As Per People On The Internet “There’s 8 billion people in this world that don’t know you, and I’m jealous of them.”

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#9

"'What a weird thing to say out loud'. Don’t clap back, make them realize they aren’t likeable."

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#10

"I bet that sounded a lot cooler in your head."

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#11

"I always respond 'I've been called worse' and continue with my day. If I'm feeling smug I'll add 'By better people.'"

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72 Of The Best Comebacks To Shut Someone Up, As Per People On The Internet “Being a d*ck won’t make yours bigger.”

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#13

_Goose_ wrote:
"Pull my earbuds out with a confused expression and ask 'What?'"

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"I've done that before, it worked really well. Then if they repeat it, I just say "Yeah...no thanks" and put in my earbud again.

The fact that the response has no relation to what they just said, is dismissive and implies I didn't care enough to even listen properly, and it makes out like they just offered me something. It generally confuses them enough that they disengage."

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I prefer to pull out one earbud and say, “I’m sorry, I couldn’t hear you” before immediately putting the earbud back in

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#14

"Apparently staring at someone's forehead when you talk to them unnerves people a lot."

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#15

"Alright, I will share this S-tier comeback with you all. Be careful using it because it's illegal in a lot of places and for good reason. During the dispute, you simply need to ask calmly and genuinely:

"Why are you making your voice deeper?"

Your opponent is simply unable to talk properly afterwards. If they try just continue to gaslight them into thinking they are. There is simply no further retort - the dispute is over."

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72 Of The Best Comebacks To Shut Someone Up, As Per People On The Internet “I don’t have the time or the crayons...”

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"I like to alternate between their eyes and their hairline/top of their head.

Most people are hyper-aware that you're looking at something, "out of place" on their face, or in their hair.

It drives them nuts because now they feel like they need to stop, and go find a mirror; with the immediacy to do so, dependant upon their own level of frustration or anxiety."

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#18

"I'd give you a nasty look, but you've already got one."

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72 Of The Best Comebacks To Shut Someone Up, As Per People On The Internet “‘And?’ Basically takes all the wind out of their sails. They want to get a rise out of you and responding like this doesn’t give them the satisfaction.”

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#20

"Big fan of the pause for a beat, deadpan, and then some variation/combo of "you done?" "Feel better now?" "Got that outta your system?" Just that pause and little bit of patronizing tone while dismissing the childlike behaviour usually does more to the ego than a counter insult."

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm waiting for the opportunity to ask... you done? Get a retort. Silently turn and walk away from them like a badass bull fighter to the bull. It'll happen.

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#21

"'You’re right'…whatever it is they’re saying, agree with them and don’t argue. It’s infuriating for them. People insult others with the expectation of causing confrontation so when you don’t take the bait, it drives them insane."

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nasty person to me: "You're a bîtch." Me, singing: "I'm a lover, I'm a child, I'm a mother..."

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#22

"Any time my mom would get called names or insulted, she'd shrug and just say 'everybody's gotta be something.'"

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#23

72 Of The Best Comebacks To Shut Someone Up, As Per People On The Internet “So this is why, people talk about behind your back.”

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"First of all, brush your teeth..."

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hahaha this or just lean back and say “your breath smells really bad….”

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#25

"Just nod and say “uh-huh” like you are waiting for the insult."

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72 Of The Best Comebacks To Shut Someone Up, As Per People On The Internet “I usually just say, ‘I love you too.’”

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#27

"If whoever insulting you walks up outta nowhere to do so, after they're done insulting you just look them up and down like you're sizing them up and go back to whatever you were doing previously without saying anything. It's saying that they're not even worth a fraction of your time and is a (in my opinion) more effective version of the silent treatment."

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Instead of giving some jerk The Finger" with the middle one, I raise the pinky to express that the offender is too insignificant to warrant the larger digit

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#28

"Jesus might love you, but everyone else definitely thinks you’re an idiot."

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#29

72 Of The Best Comebacks To Shut Someone Up, As Per People On The Internet “That sounds like something you would say.”

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#30

tacit_urn wrote:
"'I don't get why that's funny. Can you explain it to me?' As soon as they start talking: 'I was just kidding, I don't actually care what you think.'"

Fun-Adhesiveness9219 replied:
"Hit em with the old "IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU THINK!" like The Rock used to do."

A_Bap asked:
"Bob? But my names Billy..."

Vigorous_Piston added:
"IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOUR NAME IS."

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When ever some one demands "Do you know who I am!" I just say "Don't know, don't care."

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"Whatever you say haircut.

Gets them thinking they have a bad haircut and nobody has the nerve to tell them. They'll think about it long after their insult."

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#32

"I wish your parents had slept that night."

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72 Of The Best Comebacks To Shut Someone Up, As Per People On The Internet “You seem angry. Is everything all right at home?”

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"The anti-comeback is my favourite. A light breeze has more effect on me than someone insulting or bullying me these days. I couldn’t tell you what the last five or ten people in my life that tried to publicly humiliate me even looked like. I never looked at them. What they were saying never made me miss a beat in whatever I was doing. They get SO MAD every time, try to bait me a few times, and then eventually give up. Meanwhile, everyone around me can hear and see what’s happening. There’s only one person that everyone is witnessing making an a** of themselves, and it’s not me."

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#35

"Just a dead-eye stare that lasts too long. No words. No one likes to f*ck with crazy."

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"Ask them to repeat themself. Jokes are less funnier the second time around."

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A hiring manager made a racist joke during a job interview. I pretended not to understand it until they got flustered and said "Forget it". (I got the job; they retired right after)

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#37

"It sounds like you’re projecting."

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72 Of The Best Comebacks To Shut Someone Up, As Per People On The Internet “You never had a strong female presence in your life, huh?”

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#39

”Well that’s just, like, your opinion, man.”

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Silkygoods wrote:
"It's easy guys. Just repeat what they've said back but in a high pitch-sarcastic tone.

I find works especially well in customer service when dealing with tricky complaints."

dendroidarchitecture replied:
"It'S eAsY gUyS."

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#41

"No wonder you have no friends."

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72 Of The Best Comebacks To Shut Someone Up, As Per People On The Internet “‘Who hurt you?’ I’ve said this before and it’s like they hit a brick wall.”

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#43

"My dad told me to respond to bullying by saying:

"Sorry about your family situation." - and walk away, looking very sympathetic and sad. like you understand and it's okay.

I've caused a few breakdowns for sure."

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#44

"Says more about you than me."

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"How appropriate. You fight like a cow."

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72 Of The Best Comebacks To Shut Someone Up, As Per People On The Internet “Just insult their hairline.”

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#47

"Have you, like... seen someone about that thing you do?"

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"Stick your finger in your mouth/cheek and pull it forward and out, so that it makes a popping noise. There arent many people who wouldnt be speechless after witnessing that during a conversation/argument."

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As a person who doesn't have the ability to do this, laughter would follow.

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#49

"Oh."

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72 Of The Best Comebacks To Shut Someone Up, As Per People On The Internet “It’s the one you think of in the shower 3 to 16 years later.”

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I hate when I come up with the best comeback AFTER the scenario is over!

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"You should really come with a warning label."

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#52

"'That's fair'. Most of them don't like it when you just accept what they say without a fight."

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"Hey, don't hold back. Tell me how you really feel."

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72 Of The Best Comebacks To Shut Someone Up, As Per People On The Internet “What happened to you? You used to be fun.”

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"Hey, you see that. Over there behind you, off in the distance. It’s the last f*ck I could give and it’s flying away."

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"I've said "I've stood up for you a lot, you know." only it was true. I am just realizing it may have hurt their feelings and I am so very pleased."

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Great! "You know, I've stood up for you a lot when people were talking behind your back, but I guess I won't be doing that anymore." Brilliant!

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"That's what I like about you."

"What?"

"F*ck all."

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72 Of The Best Comebacks To Shut Someone Up, As Per People On The Internet “Alright. What’s your excuse?”

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"Just repeat it back to them in a condescending tone."

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"Ask them "Why would you say that?" Think about it in various situations. Definitely makes them scramble."

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"Awww. Sweetie. Did that make you feel good?"

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72 Of The Best Comebacks To Shut Someone Up, As Per People On The Internet “I know you are, but what am I?...”

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#63

"Your mum doesn't seem to care."

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"I thought of you today. It reminded me to take out the trash."

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"You shouldn't wear your insecurities on your sleeve like that, it's bad form."

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72 Of The Best Comebacks To Shut Someone Up, As Per People On The Internet “Nice argument. Unfortunately, your momma.”

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

sadly the ur mom jokes have died out, and everybody is used to them, so r.i.p ur mom

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"Yeah? Well the jerk store called, and they're running out of you!!"

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"No U!"

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72 Of The Best Comebacks To Shut Someone Up, As Per People On The Internet “I bet you eat corn the LONG WAY.”

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"Sudden and overwhelming physical violence."

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"Works like a charm."

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"I'm rubber, you're glue. Whatever you say bounces off me and sticks to you.

It's bulletproof"

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"'Up your butt and around the corner'. Worked when I was 10."

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I heard this from my child a few years ago. Hate to say it, but I laughed.

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