backdoor compliment
a backdoor compliment is a way of giving somebody a compliment, which can be misread as an insult.
poppy: i’m whiny as h-ll, no fun at all.
dave: i think you are. fun that is, not whiny – maybe a little, in a nice way.
poppy: hey!!! only i’m allowed to call myself whiny
dave: yeah but i said ‘in a nice way’ so it was a compliment
poppy: backdoor compliment!
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