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This is a discussion on Speaking of Insults within the General Talk forums, part of the General Discussion category; 50+ Old Fashioned Insults We Should Bring Back Below we’ve put together 50 of our favorite old-time put-downs, with their original definitions pulled directly from ...
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50+ Old Fashioned Insults We Should Bring Back
The rest here- https://www.artofmanliness.com/artic...ld-bring-back/Below we’ve put together 50 of our favorite old-time put-downs, with their original definitions pulled directly from dictionaries published more than a century back (with some slight tweaking for added clarity). Some have gone completely extinct from our language, while others are merely endangered; you may have heard them before, but they’re terribly underused. All are worthy of a revival.
And as a bonus, we’ve also included a section of unique insults issued by none other than Theodore Roosevelt — a man who never suffered fools, or white-livered weaklings, lightly.
1. Afternoon Farmer
A laggard; a farmer who rises late and is behind in his chores; hence, anyone who loses his opportunities.
2. All Hat and No Cattle
An empty boaster; a man who is all talk and no action.
3. Blunderbuss
A short gun, with a wide bore, for carrying slugs; also, a dumb, blundering fellow.
4. Cad
A mean fellow; a man trying to worm something out of another, either money or information.
5. Chatterbox or Clack-Box
An excessive, incessant talker or chatterer. “Clack-box” is the more derisive variation.
6. Chicken-Hearted
Cowardly, fearful.
7. Chuckle Head
Much the same as “buffle head,” “cabbage head,” “chowder head,” “cod’s head” — all signifying stupidity and weakness of intellect; a fool.
8. Cow-Handed
Awkward.
9. Death’s Head Upon a Mop-Stick
A poor, miserable, emaciated fellow. He looked as pleasant as the pains of death.
10. Duke of Limbs
A tall, awkward fellow.
11. Dunderhead
Blockhead.
"The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath." W. C. Fields
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Very good. I love me some Shakespearean insults...Originally Posted by hawgrider
“Thou lump of foul deformity”
Richard III (Act 1, Scene 2)
“That poisonous bunch-back’d toad!”
Richard III (Act 1, Scene 3)
“I am pigeon-liver’d and lack gall.”
Hamlet (Act 2, Scene 2)
“Peace, ye fat guts!”
Henry IV Part 1 (Act 2, Scene 2)
“Here is the babe, as loathsome as a toad.”
Titus Andronicus (Act 4, Scene 3)
“Thou cream faced loon”
Macbeth (Act 5, Scene 3)
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"Confusion is the guardian of truth."--Vincent Frankini, Tumblar House
Couple of my favs
Gasser
Braggart.
Milksop
A piece of bread soaked in milk; a soft, effeminate, girlish man; one who is devoid of manliness.
Skinflint
A miser; a covetous wretch, one who, if possible would take the skin off a flint.
"The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath." W. C. Fields
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I liked some of Theodore Roosevelt's insults. “Fragrant man swine” caught my eye. I would like to use it in a sentence: That big boring baby is a fragrant man swine!! I am sure those descriptive words would not fit anyone on this forum, though....
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