Have you ever found yourself in the midst of a heated argument, feeling like a deer caught in the headlights, desperately searching for a snappy reply? But here's the thing: that clever comeback doesn't always arrive when we need it most. Instead, it often sneaks up on us when we least expect it. We've all been there, haven't we? But today, let’s pay a tribute to the champions of banter.
Introducing the subreddit r/MurderedByWords, a treasure trove for “well-constructed put-downs, comebacks, and counter-arguments”. We’ve collected some of the most brilliant ways people have ended disagreements. So buckle up and get ready to dive into the art of winning an argument with style.
#1 On A Post Discussing Those Creepy Children's Beauty Pageants In The Us And Diddling Kids
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#2 You're A Figment Of Imagination
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#3 Brutal Takedown With An Incredibly Accurate Burn
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#4 Your Personal Life Is Your Own, You Don't Owe Anyone An Answer
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#5 Musk Fan Getting M**dered
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#6 Capitalism Is Love, Capitalism Is Life
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#7 They Didn't See This One Coming
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#8 Is It Possible To M**der Future Children With Words?
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#9 Science V Politics V Religion
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#10 Self-Made Success Story
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#11 Courage Is All You Need? Huh?
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#12 What's Your Excuse?
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#13 Parental Disparages
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#14 The First Guy Really Thought He Was Doin Something By Messaging Randos To Criticize Their Pronouns
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#15 In Response To Putting Down American Olympic Champions
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#16 Absolute Savagery On The "Woke" Battlefront
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#17 Cyanide Is Biologically Natural
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#18 M**dered By Tasty Words
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#19 The Response To A Hateful Lady, Starts Out Pretty Strong, Loses Me A Bit In The Middle, And Then Ends With A Boom
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#20 An Inspiration To Us All
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#21 One Hour Dry Burgers
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#22 No, That Can't Be It
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#23 A Congratulations At Least
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#24 To Be Fair, They Aren't Really Good Food
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#25 He Has Superhuman Reading Speed
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#26 Apparently Stars Are The Work Of The Devil
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#27 Comments On Local News Article About Millennials Staying Close To Home
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#28 Love Seeing These People Get Dogged On
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#29 Nature Is Beautiful
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#30 It’s Okay Jesse
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#31 He Seems To Be Struggling
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#32 President And Coo Of Mma, A Marketing Trade Association, Explains To Elon Why Advertisers Are Leaving And It’s Not Activist Pressure
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#33 Remember When People Hid Their Bigotry?
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#34 Breed Some Friends
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#35 Twitter Is Amazing... Random Person Explaining An Astronaut How Space Works
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#36 And Likely Get Arrested For Indecent Exposure
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#37 Those In Glass Houses
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#38 People In Glass Houses Shouldn‘T Throw Stones
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#39 All Women Are Italian Women
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#40 Yes, She Deserves Better
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#41 M**der With Receipts
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#42 Red State vs. Blue State Problems
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#43 Does This Count As A M**der?
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#44 Largest Landowner Gets Owned
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#45 Without Support From Mom And Dad
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#46 So Smart He's S***ting In Buckets
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#47 Must Be Icing Themselves After That Roasting
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#48 A Muslim Walks Into A Post Office
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#49 Tate Exposed As A Submissive Beta
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#50 Idk If Repost But
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#51 “To Quote The Once Great Kanye West…”
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#52 It's In Zambia, According To... (Checks Notes)... Elon Musk!
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#53 She Went On A Rampage
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#54 Fifa Totally Supports Footballer Coming Out
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#55 How Many Times Grrmartin Can Be M**dered?
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#56 Yum!
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#57 Brilliant Context
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#58 Not That Kind, The Other Kind
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#59 Gonna Need To Check To Nearest Hospital For That Burn
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#60 When Trying To Be An As**ole Misfires
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#61 Education Is Important
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#62 "My Name Is Andrew, And I'm A Misogynist"
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#63 Elon, None Of Us Are Surprised
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#64 Gyad Dayum
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#65 Checkmate, Atheists!
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#66 Maybe Stop Tweeting
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#67 Look Who Just Discovered Consent
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#68 It's In Her Title
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#69 Fanboys Will Fan
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#70 Transphobic Aunt Called Out By An Actual Good Twitter User Vaush
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#71 The M**der-To-Word Ratio In This One Is Off The Churts
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#72 This Is What I Get For Trying To Facilitate A Bond Between My Dad And My Boyfriend
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#73 Seriously? Ireland?!
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#74 Anything But That!
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#75 Aussies Would Like To Have A Word
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#76 Two Flies With One Stone
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#77 That’s A Fire [sauce] Burn
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#78 Why Not Just Sit Back And Enjoy The Movie For 2 Hours?
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#79 And You Will Know My Name Is The Lord
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#80 We're Like A Family Here
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#81 Muh Freedums!!1
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#82 I Only Share With My Friends, Not Random Stranger Kids
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#83 It's Not The Piece Of Plastic
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#84 Boss Makes A Dollar, I Make A Dime
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#85 The Entitlement Is Over 9,000!
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#86 Linkedin Has Become A Cesspit
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#87 It's Almost As If
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#88 This Is What You're Getting Upset About?
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#89 Expose All The Algorithms! All Of Them!
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#90 He's One Of The Good Ones
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