A phrase I learned to hate was, “Neither one of us played well today.” I heard that phrase a lot when I beat people back in the day.
I was thinking “Of course you did not play well, I tried to give you serves and shots you could not play well with!”
It is an insult to an opponent to say you played poorly if they beat you. If your purpose is to insult them, then by all means go for it. But really, the better option is to suck it up and give them credit!
Here’s another one. “Well the champ was off his or her game today but they still won.” That too is an insult to the person who played the champ.
Again, if you want to insult that person, be my guest. Maybe the Champ was off her or his game because the challenger kept them off balance?
Anyone have other ones that set them off?