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Does it’s the thought that counts still apply to backhanded compliments??
By definition, a backhanded complitment is a remark that seems to say something pleasant about a person but could also be an insult.
They usually take people off guard because what starts out a positive comment quickly slides into a negative. You hope the giver is just bad with words but almost 9x out of 10 – they know what they are saying.
Let’s dig into some compliments that read like the back of a hand…