SBD wrote:
On Nov 7, 2:12 pm, "J.D. Walker" wrote:
However, I'd venture a
guess that a search through Shakespeare's works would yield a large
number of choice insults dressed in flowery prose.

Shakespeare was a scholar?

Nice point, though Rev. Please continue to post here.

Ah well, things are quiet in here at the moment and curiosity once again
got the best of me. I went looking for Shakespearean insults. I found
an Internet insult generator based on the Great Bard's works:

http://www.pangloss.com/seidel/Shaker/

Perhaps some of these will inspire us to greater literary heights when
we feel the irrepressible need to pour a chamber pot of vitriol on an
agitated opponent...

1) Thou clay-brained guts, thou knotty-pated fool, thou whoreson obscene
greasy tallow-catch!

2) What trick, what device, what starting-hole canst thou now find out,
to hide thee from this open and apparent shame? (Taken from: Henry IV,
part I)

3) [Thou] leathern-jerkin, crystal-button, knot-pated, agatering,
puke-stocking, caddis-garter, smooth-tongue, Spanish pouch! (Taken from:
Henry IV, part I)

4) Methink'st thou art a general offence and every man should beat thee.
(Taken from: All's Well That Ends Well)

5) [Thou] poisonous bunch-back'd toad! (Taken from: Richard III)

6) Thou warped fly-bitten nut-hook!

7) Canst thou believe thy living is a life, so stinkingly depending? Go
mend, go mend. (Taken from: Measure for Measure)

8) Thou caluminous milk-livered haggard!

9) There's no more faith in thee than in a stewed prune. (Taken from:
Henry V)
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Cheers,
Rev. J.D. Walker, U.C.

'Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil.'
-- (Exodus 23:2)
'It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick
society.'
-- Jiddu Krishnamurti