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This article studies the vocabulary of insults experienced in public spaces. Using textual analysis tools, he objective is to identify the repertoires and representations used to insult anonymous by-standers in public spaces. What repertoires are being used? What terms and representations are perceived as shocking? Are they the same or polarized according to the gender of the persons insulted? That of the authors? To answer these questions, we study the answers to an open-ended question about the terms of the most recent insult to which respondents were subjected in public spaces, as reported in the Cadre de vie et sécurité (‘Living Environment and Safety’) surveys conducted from 2008 to 2012.