Seeing how much you enjoyed my post, Of Canker-blossomed Fishwives and Faithless Prunes: Creative Insults, here are a couple of Infographics and photos with Shakespearean insults. This proves that (a) Shakespeare was beyond doubt a creative genius, and (b) you can find an Infographic about pretty much everything on the Internet.
Sadly, my personal favorite – “I would challenge you to a battle of wits, but I can see that you are unarmed” – is falsely attributed to the Bard. The closest he said to that effect is from Much Ado about Nothing [Source]:
In our last battle of wits he lost most of his, and now he’s only left with one, so I’m going to let him keep it so people can tell the difference between him and his horse.
This is pre-Hemingway, remember, so people loved long, run-on sentences.
So, what’s your favorite one?
The Story Reading Ape said:
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Lost for words?
Throw in some from The Bard…
Or make your own up like he did…
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Annette Rochelle Aben said:
Beslubbering… I am tell you what, this makes me long for my high school Shakespeare class 😉
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Nicholas C. Rossis said:
Lol – not quite what they taught us, right? They left out the best bits, it seems… 😀
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Annette Rochelle Aben said:
Methinks you spaeth the truth!
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Annette Rochelle Aben said:
spaekth? who knows, it’s been a fortnight or two… lol
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Nicholas C. Rossis said:
😀
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vanbytheriver said:
Love them, but the hands-down best for me is from “Much Ado” a perfect insult. ☺
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Nicholas C. Rossis said:
Same here 😀
Although the stewed prune one is always a good one.
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cleemckenzie said:
I’m always on the search for beautifully written, long, run-on sentences. I wish I could write them to have the flow and impact of Shakespeare, but with a John le Carré ring to them.
After seeing the list of insulting words Shakespeare used, I’m humbled. One did stand out, however. Measle. I’m going to use that in a story somehow before I make the last dip of my pen into the inkwell.
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Nicholas C. Rossis said:
Lol – I’m looking forward to reading that 😀
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Kate McClelland said:
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Hahaha what the heck is ‘fat-kidneyed’??
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Connie Flanagan said:
Check out this insult generator: http://insult.dream40.org/
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Nicholas C. Rossis said:
Ha ha – this is pure brilliance! I’m copying into the post – and thanks!! 😀
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