"""Nasty names" like muppet or numpty or silly Don?
Even "knob" is more comic than nasty.""

Funny to him who is nasty enough to deliver them, but I recall you being much less amused at being on the receiving end.

Pejoratives say a lot more about the strength of your argument than they do about the target!

And a great deal more about your personality too, such as it is.

Don T.