I always get a chuckle out of hearing people use the word "tosser" to disparage someone.

It's an unknown term in North America, bringing to mind only someone who is throwing some small object, such as a baseball, perhaps.

Teribus used to call me a tosser when we would disagree about some political matter. I suppose I should have been devastated!

"No! No! Not that! Anything but that! Please, please don't call me a...a...tosser! (sob)" ;-)

Instead I always found it quite amusing.