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by coldtea 4564 days ago
>You cannot go to authorities with "he called me a butt."

Depends on the country. You very much can in mine, for "public insult".

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Public order offence here; UK. But I don't see how it makes sense to do that over a little tiff, or even how it could be practically enforceable unless the policeman was right there. I mean what are you going to do; film all your life incase someone says a mean word to you?
Well, in my country's case, you could have a witness willing to testify as to what he heard. Happens quite a few times, especially from litigation-trigger-happy people.