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#110874 08/25/03 12:26 PM
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This is an oldie but it fits well with the theme this week of high-falutin' insults. http://www.pangloss.com/seidel/Shaker/index.html?

See also http://www.pangloss.com/seidel/shake_rule.html


#110875 08/25/03 11:13 PM
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In reply to:

Thou droning fen-sucked flirt-gill!


*hehheh*




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Peace, good pintpot, peace, good tickle-brain.

Taken from: Henry IV, part I




#110877 08/26/03 12:34 PM
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thou dissembling idle-headed pignut


#110878 08/26/03 02:39 PM
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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?"


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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.


#110880 08/26/03 09:24 PM
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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!"


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>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?


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. wwftd dictionary index ••
[ home ] [ wwftd list ] wwftd dictionary index wwftd?? A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A aa abacinate...
...charientism charrette chatoyant cheechako cherophobia chiaroscuro chiliad chiliastic chirospasm choate chork chott chrematistics...
56% Fri, 15 Aug 2003 00:31:22 GMT http://home.mn.rr.com/wwftd/wwftds.htm
Dear tsuwm: I saw only the August date


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>15 Aug 2003

oh. that *looks like the date that the scan was done by the search engine.


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