Insulting Shakespeare

15 Dec 2013

Shakespeare provided English with many words

William Shakespeare was a great innovator in the English language especialy the vocabulary where of the over 17 000 words he used in his writing over 1700 had their first use there.

Shakespearean insults

One of the great areas of development was his insults and jibes used in the plays and here is a Shakespearean insult kit for you to use:


and here is a short video about Shakespeare’s use of insults:

Enjoy, thou dissembling Earth-vexing gudgeon!