We need another term besides "Neanderthal" to apply to people who are brutish, coarse, or otherwise

[raccoon]

uncouth.

As I've pointed out on DU before, that is an insult to the Neanderthals, who were actually quite progressive, taking care of the weaker members of their tribes.

Any ideas?

[Major Nikon]

1. What's wrong with boorish?

[AsahinaKimi]

21. doesn't that

insult the Boors? Or... do they need to be insulted?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balanda_Boor_people

[Major Nikon]

22. The term originates from the Boars of South Africa

[OrwellwasRight]

27. I think you mean "Boer" (unless you mean wild pigs from South Africa)

Either way, I'm not sure that's where boorish originates. Miriam Webster says them term originates from 1562, well before the Dutch colonized South Africa.

[HopeHoops]

2. Teabagger.

[rppper]

3. Douche-bag is my preferred description...

Seems to fit multiple bills....

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

4. Too difficult

Douche bag
Douchebag
Douche-bag

Too many ways to write it, very confusing. Too hard for teabaggers to spell.

Obama is a Kenian!
I'm proud to be a doo, er, du, er, deu, er, hell - rubber bag with a hose!

[cliffordu]

5. How about cretins??

Or, in some really festive cases, "gutless shitsucking cretins".

[UTUSN]

6. Yip to #2: Wingnut, Rethug. That just about covers everything. n/t

[pipi_k]

7. Gwib(s)

which would be how I would pronounce GWB...the initials of one of the most boorish, cretinish, brutish, uncouth people I've ever seen

[treestar]

10. I vote for this

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[amuse bouche]

15. My eyes

Do you know what that is all about?

Even after all this time, he still makes my skin crawl

[hifiguy]

18. That is the face of a

severely constipated simian. . .




. . . plop!

[Marie Marie]

28. Oh my - now there's a mug fit for a mug shot.

I was actually starting to fall into a deep deep depression remembering his 8 years at the helm. Just before I was ready to do something really drastic, I looked up and saw Joe Biden smiling at me. Suddenly, I was snapped back into the present, and all was right with the world. Just looking at the contrast between those 2 men makes me laugh my ass off. Thanks for both..

[LiberalEsto]

8. Lout

Boor
Oaf
Jerk
Butthead

[hifiguy]

9. Troglodyte has a nice ring to it.

IMO.

[struggle4progress]

13. +

[WhoIsNumberNone]

14. hadn't read through the responses before I posted mine

I'd been thinking troglodyte for a specific group of right wingers for some time now. Good call.

[TrogL]

16. HEY!!!!

[solara]

26. You have my vote

Trogs.... yep yep that fits

[NV Whino]

11. Mitt?

[WhoIsNumberNone]

12. Troglodyte

Knuckle-dragger


Here's a short list of thing not to call them:
Bundy
Klingon
Mongoloid
Raiders Fan

[TrogL]

17. Do you MIND!?!???

[geardaddy]

19. Wastes-of-space

[MiddleFingerMom]

20. (lifting a cheek) I'm kinda fond of "MiddleFingerMom-ish"... but that's just me.

[felix_numinous]

23. Barbarians?

Cold blooded? There are some alien sites that are convinced they are reptilian hybrid shapeshifters from the Constellation Draco, I read that just recently ...not sure how to work that into an effective insult .....

You're referring to Republicans, right?

[dimbear]

24. Too bad the Bushmen are so civilized. That has pun possibilities. n/t

[AmyDeLune]

25. Stupid Australopithecine...?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australopithecine

The term australopithecine refers generally to any species in the related genera Australopithecus or Paranthropus. These species occurred in the Plio-Pleistocene era, and were bipedal and dentally similar to humans, but with a brain size not much larger than modern apes, lacking the encephalization characteristics of the genus Homo.[1]

[Kali]

29. republicans

what else do you need?

[sakabatou]

30. Muckrakers?

[ellisonz]

31. Rude Baser Toter

Well at least that's what they use in the Gungeon, they're pretty primitive down there...

[eppur_se_muova]

32. Throwbacks.

It implies they represent a big step backwards.

Or they should be tossed back in the lake.

[DFW]

33. I live a 20 minute drive from the Neandertal

The Neander stream flows just a few Km south of where we live, and the word "Tal (older spelling: Thal)" means "valley."

The first fossils were found at a cave site in the Neander Valley, i.e. in German "Neandertal." There is a "Top 40" style
radio station there called "Radio Neandertal," and there is a really well-done museum on the site.

[Rex]

34. Neanderthals were never lowbrow, well physically yes.

You want to describe an uncouth person? I think you just found your word. I don't use neanderthal, because it is not fair. Why not just call them homo erectus? Or australopithecus? Cro-magnon man?

Uncouth. Good word.

[Quantess]

35. knuckle draggers