Insults

Girl with headphones: Olivia? She’s a whore!…and she’s the most important person at school.

–Grand St. & West Broadway

Overheard by: John Kuramoto

Male employee: Thank you, and have a nice day!
Female employee: It’s night time, you say have a good night. See the dark outside?

–McDonald’s, Saint Mark’s Place

American woman: Don’t push me. I saw you trying to get ahead of me!
Russian woman: What you talking about? I did not.
American woman: You did, too! You’re all the same, so goddamn pushy.
Russian woman: What, what you think I am? Look at me! What you think I am? What I look like to you?
American woman: Well, I’d say you look like a fat big mouthed bleach blonde bitch whore!
Russian woman: What? I get my husband on you!
American woman: Go ahead! I’m sure he’s home and not working. You’re all here for a free handout!

The Russian woman storms out to find her husband.

American woman: What did she want? She asked what do I look like so I told her. I was only being honest!

–Bensonhurst

Overheard by: Deborah Olin

Guy driving by: Is that the line for the liquor store?!
Large black lady in fancy fur coat: Naw, it's for cheese, muthafucka!

–Outside Liquor Store, 145th and Broadway

Overheard by: Madame Veuve Cliquot

Catholic schoolgirls coming out of subway station, in unison: All those nuns care about is fucking us!

–Canal & Varick

Girl on phone, mocking tone: Oh, he's at church, huh? I don't know why he goes to church, he's going to hell anyway, ain't no room for a Blood in heaven!

–BedStuy

Woman: I wanted to raise them Quaker; I just never got around to it.

–The Village

Overheard by: Aaron

Old lady: Well, she's a bitch to say she's religious!

–Madison Ave

Young pretty brunette: I think that I'm anemic, I bruise so easily.
Young ditzy blonde: Oh my god! You, like, starve yourself?
Young pretty brunette: I literally felt myself get dumber after you said that. I don't understand why I associate myself with morons.

–Starbucks, 51st & Broadway

Preteen boy #1, looking at tiny Yorkie: Wow, that is the smallest thing I've ever seen.
Preteen boy #2: That's what she said.
Preteen boy #1: Yeah, that's what she didn't say about you! I mean, that's what she didn't say to me! That's what she said about you!

–30th Ave, Astoria

Overheard by: real smooth.

Unattended older child, playing with Star Wars toy: Pew, pew, pew! I shot you, you bastard!
Younger brother: Hey, don't talk like that to Star Wars!

–McDonald's, Astoria

Overheard by: Duncan Pflaster

Comedy club guy: Come see a comedy show, it's way better than next to normal!
Teenage girl: Bitch, please.

–Times Square

Overheard by: Ali

Younger sister: Carrie! Carrie! Carrie! I saw Justin Bieber over there!
Older sister: Justin Bieber sucks.
Younger sister: Yeah, Justin Bieber sucks…

–Park Slope