backhanded compliment

and left-handed compliment

an unintended or ambiguous compliment. Backhanded compliments are the only kind he ever gives! And I think his left-handed compliments are all given by accident, too!

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Serafina	se-rah-FEE-nah (Polish)	Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Polish
Eustathius	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Forrest	FAWR-əst	English
Flavia	FLAH-vyah (Italian, Spanish)	Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Ancient Roman
Tsubaki	tsoo-bah-kee	Japanese
Rubens	-	Portuguese (Brazilian)