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Shakespeare's Insults: Educating Your Wit
The sharpest stings ever to snap from the tip of an English-speaking tongue are here at hand, ready to be directed at the knaves, villains, and coxcombs of the reader's choice. Culled from 38 plays, here are the best 5,000 examples of Shakespeare's glorious invective, arranged by play, in order of appearance, with helpful act and line numbers for easy reference, along with...more
Paperback, 336 pages
Published
December 18th 2007
by Three Rivers Press
(first published November 1984)
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A few choice insults I learned from the Bard:
Truly thou art damned, like an ill-roasted egg, all on one side.
God help thee, shallow man! God make incision in thee, thou art raw!
I will kill thee a hundred and fifty ways. Therefore tremble and depart.
Thou art poison to my blood.
O disloyal thing, thou heap'st a year's age on me!
Whore-son caterpillars!
Bacon-fed knaves!
How now, wool-sack, what mutter you? ...more
Truly thou art damned, like an ill-roasted egg, all on one side.
God help thee, shallow man! God make incision in thee, thou art raw!
I will kill thee a hundred and fifty ways. Therefore tremble and depart.
Thou art poison to my blood.
O disloyal thing, thou heap'st a year's age on me!
Whore-son caterpillars!
Bacon-fed knaves!
How now, wool-sack, what mutter you? ...more
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Alright. No, I did not read every single quote. I really enjoyed the list of random names in the first chapter and the sorted ones in the last, but it also became very tedious. Might be that I am just not enough of a Shakespeare fanatic. All in all, I got a couple of funny quotes to yell at people when they cut me off.
Full of every single insult from all of Shakespeare's works, one could say that was all he wrote. Some are downright rude( ok, all of them are) and some are just funny. A good way to pass the time and bug your friends.
- Is he safe? are his wits about him?-
- Is he safe? are his wits about him?-
This essential reference work could be improved by identifying the speaker and target for each insult. Still, this is a surprisingly heavy and hilarious treasure-trove. Organized initially by play, but with a handy subject index at the rear. Some of my favorites:
"I'll carbonado your shanks!"
"Chill pick your teeth!"
"I'll no pullet-sperm in my brewage!"
"Now is the woodcock near the gin!"
"Unless...more
"I'll carbonado your shanks!"
"Chill pick your teeth!"
"I'll no pullet-sperm in my brewage!"
"Now is the woodcock near the gin!"
"Unless...more
I think the awesomeness of this book can be described simply from one of the many hilarious quotes from it: "Take thee to a nunery!"
Hilarious chronology of the complete Shakespeare insults...the old bard was one of literatures greatest affronters!
A cute book about witty Shakespearean insults.
Seriously incomplete.
Not great. Sorted by play, this book is just a list of da Bard's "insults". Some are taken out of context or are only "insults" in the loosest sense. No explanations. Meh.
This is a very necessary book for anyone who is at a loss for words, and can't think of a good way to cut someone down. Over 4,000 ways to avoid the simple, "Oh, ya? Sez you!" retort, by the greatest writer that English has ever known.
"Would thou wert clean enough to spit upon!" - Timon of Athens IV, 3. Mastery.
"Would thou wert clean enough to spit upon!" - Timon of Athens IV, 3. Mastery.
Ye gods and forsooth! I never realized that there were so many wonderful ways to say "bug out."
A wonderful addition to my Shakespeare collection.
These are all very silly.
I snorted on the bus.
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