It sounds like an insult, and probably should be. Based on the horrific Medieval German "sport" of fox-tossing:
A fox-tosser is someone who derives their pleasure from inflicting senseless cruelty on weaker individuals. A high school bully would be a fox-tosser. Add it to your lexicon. Use it, don't abuse it, lest we deem you a fox-tosser too.
Fox-Tossing, a 17th/18th century European pastime that is exactly what it sounds like.
People would go out in a field and set up a little fenced-in court. Then high-society types would stand, in pairs, holding slack ropes. Then a bunch of foxes would be released into the court. When the foxes ran over the ropes, the players pulled the ropes tight, launching the foxes up into the air. Repeat until all foxes are dead.
-Maggie Koerth-Baker at BoingBoing
A fox-tosser is someone who derives their pleasure from inflicting senseless cruelty on weaker individuals. A high school bully would be a fox-tosser. Add it to your lexicon. Use it, don't abuse it, lest we deem you a fox-tosser too.
