The other day I called my friend an idiot. I screamed it, even if I didn’t really raise my voice, and he understood what I meant. Thankfully he took it well. He is an Oregon fan, and I was explaining how silly his assertions that they’d have fewer 7pm kicks in the BIG-10 next year were.
I was caught off guard by my intensity in that insult and was worried I’d offended a friend and coworker over something stupid. Thankfully this friend is from southern Oregon, so calling someone an idiot just means you’re comfortable with each other, and we were able to have a civil discourse after that.