trash talkers
Mouthy competitive provocateurs
Trash talkers are people who engage in boastful, taunting, or insulting speech meant to intimidate or demoralize opponents.
The term comes from competitive sports and gaming, where verbal needling is part of the psychological contest: The trash talkers on the court got in his head.
Trash talk can be playful banter or genuinely hostile provocation.
- smackStrike with open hand
- hecklersDisruptive audience shouters
- boastersThose who self-aggrandize
- braggartsPeople who boast excessively
- tauntersThose who mock others
running mouth · jawing · chirping · insults · rivals · getting under skin · arrogant · cocky · loud · mouthy · roast · diss · burns · cheap shots · swagger · showboating · provocateurs · sledging
- bad sportssore losers, cheaters, bad winners, gloaters, ball hogs
- criticscritic, critics, criticizer, criticizers, faultfinder
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Those who accept outcomes graciously
sportsmen · class acts · gentlemen · sportswomen · gentlewomen
trash talkersencouragers
Those who give support
supporters · complimenters · well-wishers · diplomats · peacemakers
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