Shakespeare Insult Kit



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Shakespeare Insult Kit

  • In groups of 4-5, come up with insults by using a word from Column 1, another from Column 2, and a final one from Column 3. Together they will form an insult similar to the ones used in Shakespeare’s time. Write your insults on the index card provided.

  • Be as creative and insulting as you can possibly be. Dish out your insults to individuals in your group. Don’t be shy about it; really let that person have it. Chances are that person will not even know what you’re saying (even though you will… maybe).

  • Once you have exhausted yourself insulting others, take time with your group members to come up with 5 top insults. Choose a volunteer to share them with the rest of the class.

  • Finally, you will find out exactly what your insults really mean. Who says Shakespeare isn’t fun?


Column 1 Column 2 Column 3


artless base-court apple-john

bawdy bat-fowling baggage

beslubbering beef-witted barnacle

bootless beetle-headed bladder

churlish boil-brained boar-pig

cockered clapper-clawed bugbear

clouted clay-brained bum-bailey

craven common-kissing canker-blossom

currish crook-pated clack-dish

dankish dismal-dreaming clotpole

dissembling dizzy-eyed coxcomb

droning doghearted codpiece

errant dread-bolted death-token

fawning earth-vexing dewberry

fobbing elf-skinned flap-dragon

froward fat-kidneyed flax-wench

frothy fen-sucked flirt-gill

gleeking flap-mouthed foot-licker

goatish fly-bitten fustilarian

gorbellied folly-fallen giglet

impertinent fool-born gudgeon

infectious full-gorged haggard

jarring guts-griping harpy

loggerheaded half-faced hedge-pig

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umpish hasty-witted horn-beast

mammering hedge-born hugger-mugger

mangled hell-hated joithead

mewling idle-headed lewdster

paunchy ill-breeding lout

pribbling ill-nurtured maggot-pie

puking knotty-pated malt-worm

puny milk-livered mammet

qualling motley-minded measle

rank onion-eyed minnow

reeky plume-plucked miscreant

roguish pottle-deep moldwarp

ruttish pox-marked mumble-news

saucy reeling-ripe nut-hook

spleeny rough-hewn pigeon-egg

spongy rude-growing pignut

surly rump-fed puttock

tottering shard-borne pumpion

unmuzzled sheep-biting ratsbane

vain spur-galled scut

venomed swag-bellied skainsmate

villainous tardy-gaited strumpet

warped tickle-brained varlot

wayward toad-spotted vassal

weedy unchin-snouted whey-face

yeasty weather-bitten wagtail



Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
artless free from deceit, cunning, or craftiness; ingenuous base-court apple-john a kind of apple

bawdy indecent; lewd; obscene bat-fowling catching birds with a clap-net by night baggage

beslubbering beef-witted barnacle a shellfish, supposed to

produce the sea-bird of the

same name

bootless without boot or advantage, useless beetle-headed bladder

churlish boorish; rude; difficult to work or deal with boil-brained boar-pig

cockered pampered, spoiled clapper-clawed bugbear a spectre

clouted a blow, especially with the fist clay-brained bum-bailey

craven cowardly; contemptibly timid common-kissing canker-blossom a caterpillar

currish snarling and bad-tempered crook-pated clack-dish a beggar's dish

dankish unpleasantly moist or humid; damp and, often, chilly dismal-dreaming clotpole

dissembling to conceal one's true motives by some pretense dizzy-eyed coxcomb

droning to say in a dull, monotonous tone doghearted codpiece

errant traveling, as a medieval knight in quest of adventure dread-bolted death-token

fawning to seek favor or attention by flattery earth-vexing dewberry

fobbing to cheat; deceive elf-skinned flap-dragon raisins in burning brandy

forward willfully contrary; not easily managed fat-kidneyed flax-wench a light woman

frothy unsubstantial; trifling; shallow; empty fen-sucked flirt-gill a light woman

gleeking scoffing flap-mouthed foot-licker

goatish lustful; lecherous fly-bitten fustilarian

gorbellied a protruding belly folly-fallen giglet a wanton girl

impertinent intrusive or presumptuous, insolently rude; uncivil fool-born gudgeon

infectious capable of causing infection full-gorged haggard a wild or unreclaimed hawk

jarring to vibrate or shake; ticking of a clock guts-griping harpy

loggerheaded thick-headed or stupid person; blockhead half-faced hedge-pig

lumpish having a heavy appearance; moving clumsily; dejected hasty-witted horn-beast

mammering hesitating hedge-born hugger-mugger secrecy

mangled severely injured/disfigured by cutting/slashing/crushing hell-hated joithead

mewling to cry weakly; whimper idle-headed lewdster a lewd person

paunchy having a large and protruding belly; potbellied ill-breeding lout a clown; to treat one as a lowt, with

contempt


pribbling ill-nurtured maggot-pie a magpie, a pie which feeds

on maggots

puking ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth  knotty-pated malt-worm

puny of inferior size, strength, or significance; weak milk-livered mammet

qualling to lose heart; to give way; to shrink; to cower motley-minded foolish measle

rank having an offensively strong smell or taste onion-eyed minnow

reeky strong, unpleasant smell plume-plucked miscreant

roguish playfully mischievous pottle-deep moldwarp

ruttish lustful pox-marked mumble-news

saucy impertinent or disrespectful reeling-ripe nut-hook a hook for pulling down nuts; thief

spleeny violent haste rough-hewn pigeon-egg

spongy moist and soft; soggy rude-growing pignut

surly lordly; arrogant rump-fed puttock a kite

tottering walking unsteadily or shakily shard-borne made from broken fragments of pottery pumpion

unmuzzled to free from restraint, as speech or expression sheep-biting ratsbane

vain excessively proud; senseless or foolish spur-galled scut

venomed full of malice or hate swag-bellied skainsmate scapegraces

villainous having a cruel, wicked, malicious nature or character tardy-gaited strumpet

warped a distortion or twist tickle-brained varlot a servant

wayward turning or changing irregularly; irregular toad-spotted vassal a servant or slave

weedy full of or abounding in weeds unchin-snouted whey-face pale face person

yeasty causing or characterized by unrest or agitation; turbulent weather-bitten wagtail bird w/ slender body with a long



tail that constantly wags.
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