Peace, good pintpot, peace, good tickle-brain.
Taken from: Henry IV, part I
thou dissembling idle-headed pignut
One of my favorite insults supposedly was uttered in a courtroom, although I forget the reference. One person referred to another using the familiar pronoun "thou," and the other replied, "Darest thou 'thou' me, thou villain?"
Dear Alex: I just found a word for you.
"Charientism" Found in a Vocabula Review article discussing
use of foreign words.
Timing suggests I got the word the same place tsuwm did.
A story I heard about a teacher that managed to present Shakespeare to some high school students in a way that they could appreciate it:
They were urban youths and were particularly fond of the insult, "The devil curse thee black, thou moon-faced loon!"
>Timing suggests I got the word the same place tsuwm did.
I must be missing something here; this was the wwftd on May 26 -- and this relates to what?
. wwftd dictionary index ••
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...charientism charrette chatoyant cheechako cherophobia chiaroscuro chiliad chiliastic chirospasm choate chork chott chrematistics...
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Dear tsuwm: I saw only the August date
>15 Aug 2003
oh. that *looks like the date that the scan was done by the search engine.
hmmm, so far I'm batting 1.000 on the insult words; maybe I should rethink my charter...
-w.m.
Here's a charientism: Steatopygous.
As in calling a girl Crisco, because she's fat in the can.
Many agree with the Frenchman who said he did not care to experience the pelvic bones of a woman.