| John the OFM | 27 Apr 2016 5:48 p.m. PST |
For some strange reason, Personal Insults™ are allowed if they are ridiculous Hddockisms.
so, why nit allow insults from Shakespeare? And to give you a start, try thuis:
pangloss.com/seidel/Shaker I think we need an addition to the FAQ to allow Shakesperean (or Marlowe or Ben Jonson or Samuel Johnson or…) insults.
Flowery Elizabethan insults.
Homeric insults.
Heck, Voltaire. Cervantes. Sinkiewicz. Question for the Poll.
"Should Personal Insults be allowed if they exhibit snooty and snotty literary knowledge?" "You suck, man." gets the DH.
But "[Thou art] a fool, a coward, one all of luxury, an ass, a madman." (Taken from: Measure for Measure.) THAT gives you an attaboy. Discuss. |
| John the OFM | 27 Apr 2016 5:51 p.m. PST |
I should caution that you better be able to cite a reference. "Thou art sensible in nothing but blows, and so is an ass." The Comedy of Errors. |
| Sigwald | 27 Apr 2016 5:53 p.m. PST |
Thou gleeking elf-skinned lewdster! |
| Hafen von Schlockenberg | 27 Apr 2016 6:32 p.m. PST |
"You,sir,are an acrocephalic,ankyloproctic,anorchus!"
--Depraved and Insulting English,1999 Now,let me get to the B's… |
peterx  | 27 Apr 2016 6:59 p.m. PST |
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| Winston Smith | 27 Apr 2016 7:17 p.m. PST |
I might note that many of the insults in the site the OFM cites are non credited. I think we can safely assume they are made up. They are faux Shakespeare, and thus subject to the DH. Thus:
Thou  son mandrake, thou art fitter to be worn in my cap than to wait at my heels.Taken from: Henry IV, part 2 is acceptable. While Thou bootless hedge-born flirt-gill! is taken from the site, but without attribution. That would be not acceptable, unless you can Google it and verify its provenance. |
| peterx | 27 Apr 2016 7:17 p.m. PST |
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| Winston Smith | 27 Apr 2016 7:30 p.m. PST |
The Bible can also be mined for neat insults that should be allowed.
"You son of a perverse and rebellious woman!" 1Samuel 20:30 In the Iliad, Achilles has some juicy ones for Agamemnon. And let's not forget Thersites. But to use them, you must cite book and line or face just punishment. |
| Glengarry5 | 27 Apr 2016 9:05 p.m. PST |
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| Coyotepunc and Hatshepsuut | 27 Apr 2016 9:10 p.m. PST |
Such a bandylegged bluebellied gambol hen, I swear! |
| warwell | 28 Apr 2016 2:19 a.m. PST |
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| Mute Bystander | 28 Apr 2016 3:42 a.m. PST |
Typical attention grabbing, not serious, ludicrous John the OFM/Winston suggestion. No. |
| redbanner4145 | 28 Apr 2016 4:51 a.m. PST |
My favorite Homeric insult: You sack of wine! |
| Winston Smith | 28 Apr 2016 4:56 a.m. PST |
You are a fishmonger.
---Hamlet |
 20thmaine | 28 Apr 2016 5:22 a.m. PST |
"Thou knave – thou naughty knave." The life and death of Julius Caesar. |
| Hafen von Schlockenberg | 28 Apr 2016 5:47 a.m. PST |
I'm with MB. TMP is for serious subjects. Like looking for Jar Jar Binks figures. |
| Sigwald | 28 Apr 2016 7:21 a.m. PST |
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| bogdanwaz | 28 Apr 2016 8:24 a.m. PST |
"Thy tongue outvenoms all the worms of Nile." Cymbeline |
| The Beast Rampant | 28 Apr 2016 10:08 a.m. PST |
Typical attention grabbing, not serious, ludicrous John the OFM/Winston suggestion. He's living up to his moniker. How about you? |
| Tango01 | 28 Apr 2016 10:47 a.m. PST |
What about insults in other idioms?… I'm sure the translator not always catch them… As an example… if I said: ""… what do you understand?… (smile) Amicalement
Armand |
| Tom D1 | 28 Apr 2016 1:19 p.m. PST |
How about Carnac the Magnificent? (As in "May a deranged Roto-rooter man fix your sister's plumbing") |
 etotheipi  | 28 Apr 2016 1:57 p.m. PST |
To the OP, I can only signify my concurrence by saying, Vocabulary, directed at your maternal progenitor".
I can suck melancholy out of a song as a weasel sucks eggs.
As You Like It, Act II, Scene V |
| Rod I Robertson | 28 Apr 2016 3:26 p.m. PST |
MATER TUA TAM OBESA EST UT CUM ROMAE EST URBS HABET OCTO COLLES! |
| Winston Smith | 28 Apr 2016 5:54 p.m. PST |
Don't you talk 'bout my Mama! |
| Militia Pete | 29 Apr 2016 2:38 a.m. PST |
Your words are so foolishly and ignorantly composed that I cannot believe you understand them. Martin Luther…. |
| zoneofcontrol | 09 Oct 2016 4:06 p.m. PST |
You were born at home but when your mother saw you she went to the hospital! – unknown |
| FatherOfAllLogic | 15 Oct 2016 6:35 a.m. PST |
Hey Militia Pete, your quote would soon be used up and worn out on this web site. |
