I need insults

[Not Kuno]

But only those from the 1800s.

I have so far carpetbagger, scalawag, simpleton, nincompoop and numbskull.

[Olo401]

irish ngr

[Charismatic]

tantadlin tart

[Charismatic]

covent garden nun

[zoobernut]

Old West Insults

[Charismatic]

moggy

[Kiro]

Fidlum Bens! Or the entire script from Gangs of New York

[Charismatic]

jerry-sneak

[Ragnell]

Yankee

[greatandfoolish]

i bite my thumb at thee

[zoobernut]

"He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire."-- Winston Churchill

"A modest little person, with much to be modest about."-- Winston Churchill

"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure."-- Clarence Darrow

"He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary."-- William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway)

"Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words?"-- Ernest Hemingway (about William Faulkner)

"Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no time reading it."-- Moses Hadas

"He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I know."-- Abraham Lincoln

"I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it."-- Groucho Marx

"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it."-- Mark Twain

"He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends."-- Oscar Wilde

"I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play, bring a friend... if you have one."-- George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill

"Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second...if there is one."-- Winston Churchill, in response

"I feel so miserable without you, it's almost like having you here."-- Stephen Bishop

"He is a self-made man and worships his creator."-- John Bright

"I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial."-- Irvin S. Cobb

"He is not only dull himself, he is the cause of dullness in others."-- Samuel Johnson

"He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up."-- Paul Keating

"He had delusions of adequacy."-- Walter Kerr

"There's nothing wrong with you that reincarnation won't cure."-- Jack E. Leonard

"He has the attention span of a lightning bolt."-- Robert Redford

"They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge."-- Thomas Brackett Reed

"He inherited some good instincts from his Quaker forebears, but by diligent hard work, he overcame them."-- James Reston (about Richard Nixon)

"In order to avoid being called a flirt, she always yielded easily."-- Charles, Count Talleyrand

"He loves nature in spite of what it did to him."-- Forrest Tucker

"Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?"-- Mark Twain

"His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork."-- Mae West

"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go."-- Oscar Wilde

"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts...for support rather than illumination."-- Andrew Lang (1844-1912)

"He has Van Gogh's ear for music."-- Billy Wilder


Some good insults from famous people. Some are old, others not so much.

[Mizango]

How can you mention 1800's insults and not name drop Kunta Kinte and the rest of those spear chuckin' niggas in Africa?

I mean seriously?

[Not Kuno]

oh wow some of these are fucking great

[Dimmauk]

Western Slang, Lingo, & Phrases

[zoobernut]

yellow bellied hornswaggler

[Mizango]

Just dont go walking around sounding like Yosemite Sam prz.

[Abandon]

Spook never gets old.

[Mizango]

Spook never gets old.

^ Amen

[Senoska]

Mudd

[Linktri]

Lady of ill repute.