If Someone Makes You Mad, You Should Throw Down With These Shakespearean Insults

No Question, These Shakespearean Insults Are The Best Insults

Okay, so, the next time somebody grinds your gears, you should definitely throw down with a clever retort like "swaggering rascal."

Yes, that's right: some serious metaphorical barbed wire from the Bard himself.

In the most recent episode of the YouTube series "Anglophenia," Siobhan Thompson shows off some Shakespearean slander that should absolutely reenter the modern vernacular.

And the best part? You can find out what plays and scenes the insults came from on BBC America.

Before You Go

Meaning: Bull’s penis
Meaning: cuckold—a man whose wife was unfaithful was thought to grow horns; from Latin “cornu,” horn
Meaning: man who busies himself with women’s household tasks
Meaning: dupe, fool, object of scorn
Meaning: one with faith in stupidity
Meaning: large cask of malmsey, a strong sweet wine
Meaning: saucy, insolent boy
Meaning: the short, erect tail of a deer
Meaning: a scoundrel, villain

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