| insults 22:13 - Nov 19 with 4051 views | Trom |
Was just perusing the Dot.org when a few insults started to get thrown around on one of the threads. Anyway I was trying to work this one out:
"what a errant hedge-born skainsmate you are"
So whilst hedge born is a little left of centre what the hell is "skainsmate"?
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| insults on 22:21 - Nov 19 with 3993 views | danehoop |
Shakespearean insults, scurvy knave. |  |
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| insults on 22:24 - Nov 19 with 3964 views | WrightUp5hit___ |
One of the anti swearing substitute algorithms over there.
As far as a quick Google provides
A dagger-comrade; a fencing-school companion; a fellow cut-throat. Skain is an Irish knife, similar to the American bowie-knife. Swift, describing an Irish feast, says, “A cubit at least the length of their skains.” Green, in his Quip for an Upstart Courtier, speaks of “an ill-favoured knave, who wore by his side a skane, like a brewer’s bung-knife.” 1
“Scurvy knave! I am none of his skainsmates.”–Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet, ii. 4. |  | | |
| insults on 22:24 - Nov 19 with 3965 views | FDC |
Seem to remember that been a dotorg joke from ages ago. |  | | |
| insults on 22:35 - Nov 19 with 3919 views | CiderwithRsie |
| insults on 22:24 - Nov 19 by FDC |
Seem to remember that been a dotorg joke from ages ago. |
Yeah, someone found a page of Shakespearian insults and that was the one that took off. I think it had three columns - adjective, adverb and noun and you picked your mix. So in modern English you could have "Stupid (Adj) Effing (adverb) C**t (noun)" or in Shakespearian you'd have "errant (advb) hedgeborn (adj) skainsmate (noun)"
IIRC there were some pretty good things in there, but I suppose old Shakey Bill knew a bit about words. |  | | |
| insults on 22:58 - Nov 19 with 3810 views | Boston |
Was the argument over the size of their pensions? | |
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| insults on 10:18 - Nov 20 with 3284 views | Dorse |
| insults on 22:58 - Nov 19 by Boston |
Was the argument over the size of their pensions? |
I believe it's spelled 'penii'. |  |
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