Next time you’re in a bar and in need of an insult, say it like Shakespeare: Thou wanton swag-bellied underskinker! An underskinker is an assistant tapster who draws beer for customers. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of...
If you need a Shakespearean insult, there’s always unhandsome smush-mouthed mush-rump. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Unhandsome Smush-Mouthed Mush-Rump” Grant thou unhandsome stretched mouth mushroom. I’m...
Rump-fed is a posterior-minded insult for someone whose rump looks amply nourished — less than callipygian, in other words. It’s one of the many mix-and-match barbs in the Shakespeare Insult Generator, which can turn out combinations such as thou...
For a compendium of slanderous Elizabethan expressions, try Barry Kraft’s book, Shakespeare Insult Generator. There are more sources online for sneering Shakespearean phrases and randomly generated insults inspired by the Bard, perfect for the...
The books we love as children may influence our careers more than we realize. As a child, Martha was fascinated with stories of cracking codes, and Grant loved books with glossaries–not that far from the kind of work they do today. A caller...
In observance of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, copies of his First Folio will be touring all 50 states, plus Puerto Rico, for the public to see. It seems fitting, considering what D.H. Lawrence wrote about the Bard: “When...