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Odd insults from around the world

President Duterte raised eyebrows and the political temperature this week with the insult he hurled at Barack Obama. But could diplomatic insults be more creative and more deadly than undiplomatic ones? Over to the ever clean-mouthed journalists of the language services for tips on top insults, starting in Brazil with Thomas Pappon and Fernando Duarte.

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