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Shakespeare Insult Generator (Original Post) MicaelS May 2012 OP
"Thou bootless guts-griping pignut!" madinmaryland May 2012 #1
Oooh rug May 2012 #2
Thou mangled unchin-snouted mammet! MerryBlooms May 2012 #3
You should be women, and yet your beards forbid me to interpret that you are so. LynneSin May 2012 #4
that's because the witches were played by men back in the day WolverineDG May 2012 #9
Hmmm.. Dystopian May 2012 #5
Thou impertinent unwash'd flax-wench! Bucky May 2012 #6
Thou impertinent idle-headed bugbear! HappyMe May 2012 #7
ha! greatness tis divine! Tuesday Afternoon May 2012 #8
Thou ruttish malmsey-nosed joithead! femmocrat May 2012 #10
In civility thou seem'st so empty. struggle4progress May 2012 #11
Thou roguish elf-skinned coxcomb! Capn Sunshine May 2012 #12
You starvelling, you eel-skin, you dried neat's-tongue, you bull's-pizzle, you stock-fish--O for bre ashling May 2012 #13
Mitt Romney ashling May 2012 #14
"I find the ass in compound with the major part of your syllables." Aristus May 2012 #15
Brings back memories of the official DU insult thread rocktivity May 2012 #16
Thou wilt fall backward when thou hast more wit. AsahinaKimi May 2012 #17
Thou bootless spur-galled nut-hook! nt LaurenG May 2012 #18
 

rug

(82,333 posts)
2. Oooh
Thu May 24, 2012, 08:07 PM
May 2012
Thou hath more hair than wit, and more faults than hairs, and more wealth than faults.

Taken from: The Two Gentlemen of Verona

Bucky

(54,013 posts)
6. Thou impertinent unwash'd flax-wench!
Thu May 24, 2012, 08:38 PM
May 2012

"I thou thee, thou traitor!"
--Sir Edward Coke

Once you drop a thou on someone, you've set the insult in motion. Then it's all a matter of follow through

Tuesday Afternoon

(56,912 posts)
8. ha! greatness tis divine!
Thu May 24, 2012, 09:44 PM
May 2012
Thou wouldst eat thy dead vomit up,
And howl'st to find it.

Taken from: Henry IV, part 2

ashling

(25,771 posts)
13. You starvelling, you eel-skin, you dried neat's-tongue, you bull's-pizzle, you stock-fish--O for bre
Fri May 25, 2012, 12:38 AM
May 2012

You starvelling, you eel-skin, you dried neat's-tongue, you bull's-pizzle, you stock-fish--O for breath to utter what is like thee!-you tailor's-yard, you sheath, you bow-case, you vile standing tuck!

ashling

(25,771 posts)
14. Mitt Romney
Fri May 25, 2012, 12:42 AM
May 2012

[Thou art] a most notable coward, an infinite and endless liar, an hourly promise breaker, the owner of no one good quality.

Taken from: All's Well That Ends Well

Aristus

(66,379 posts)
15. "I find the ass in compound with the major part of your syllables."
Fri May 25, 2012, 12:49 AM
May 2012

- Coriolanus



I was just in it for the wenches..."

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