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Types
Sezer and colleagues divide compliments and back-handed compliments into 4 types:


 * 1) Comparison with another group
 * 2) Comparison with the past self
 * 3) Comparison with expectations
 * 4) Comparison with a stereotype

They gave the following examples to each category:


 * "For a finance employee, you look like a really nice person." (Comparison with another group)
 * "Your new haircut really slims down your face." (Comparison with the past self)
 * "You did way better on this project than we assumed you would do." (Comparison with expectations)
 * "You are pretty assertive for an Asian." (Comparison with a stereotype)

In their research the most commonly used comparisons were:

The participants in their research received compliments and backhanded compliments from the following sources:
 * Comparison with another group (50.8%)
 * Comparison with the past self (20.5%)
 * Comparison with expectations (16.7%)
 * Comparison with a stereotype (12.1%)

There are other ways to categorize. As Jucken and Taavitsainen assign different kinds of slurs into different categories, back-handed compliments could fit into the same type of categorization.
 * Friends (35.6%)
 * Co-workers (25%)
 * Family members (21.2%)
 * Strangers (15.2%)
 * Bosses (3%)

We can also categorize them by the speaker’s attitude:

To assign a back-handed compliment into one of these groups, we can ask whether it was e.g. ludic or aggressive? Pejorative or unintentionally? Was it driven by irony or sincerity?
 * Ludic or aggressive
 * Intentional or unintentional
 * Irony or sincerity

Cepollaro defines a second way to categorize slurs. By target group:


 * Racial
 * Religious
 * Gender
 * Sexual orientation