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
Themistokles	-	Ancient Greek
Nia (3)	-	English
Atwood	['ætwud]
ŞEhzade	-	Turkish
Mikkel	MEEK-kel (Danish, Norwegian), MEEG-gel (Danish)	Danish, Norwegian
Alexandrea	al-əg-ZAN-dree-ə	English (Modern)