~Flyting~

Oh how I love a colorful insult! I know that my sisters and I endured much verbal abuse from each other while growing up, but I was having such a hard time coming up with some flyting examples of my own that we used. We would usually just threaten each other, then hold it over their heads that we'd tell the parentals...that was bad enough! Flyting is definitely something that children are better with. The family I nannied for in Minnesota has four children, I would hear the most random insults come out of their mouths, but for the life of me cannot remember. I really wish I could!
This makes me wonder, why do children feel the need to come up with these sayings and other flyting examples to bring one another down. A majority of the time it is so unnecessary. Well...actually I guess it is never necessary, but quite humorous. Elementary school seems to be a major flyting "target"- the playground, outside where the teachers are less likely to hear and these poor children (the prey of flyting) are more likely to get away,by running into the baseball fields or hiding the tube slide.