The 5 Best Backhanded Compliments

By Stephanie

“I love your eye color.” “You look so young.” “You look great…for your age.” Nice try guys, but one of these things is not like the other. Sure we all love to be doted on and flattered, but these days the art of the compliment has gone the way of the dodo – old fashioned, ineffective and often spewed by those with stout bodies, stumpy forearms and a large head. In honor of Compliment Day (1/24), we’d like to skip the sweet and subtle and school you in the art of the backhanded. Pack your passive aggressive tendencies and pull up a seat.

[image above courtesy of Iakov Filimonov / Shutterstock.]

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