![]() ![]() ![]() Unlicked CubĪ version of this story ran in 2018 it has been updated for 2021. “A vulgar address or nomination to any person whose name is unknown. “A ragged fellow, whose clothes hang all in tatters.” 24. “A poor sneaking fellow, a man of no spirit.” 22. “An ill-dressed shabby fellow also a mean-spirited person.” 21. “A low mean fellow, employed in all sorts of dirty work.” 20. “A large relaxed penis, also a dull inanimate fellow.” 18. “A punning appellation for a justice,” or a punny name for a judge. However, that’s only because the British tend to more specific about which tool. You don’t really get that one much in British slang, although you do to an extent and more in the recent past. “A large head metaphorically a stupid fellow.” 16. Tool is a very common expression in many versions of English slang which means an idiot. “A lewd graceless youth, one naturally of a wicked disposition.” 15. “A lazy fat woman … a frowzy old woman.” 11. “A poor, miserable, emaciated fellow.” 9. “A lewd woman, or one that plays with her tail also an impotent man, or an eunich.” 6. ![]() A Blowse, or BlowsabellaĪn unkempt woman: “A woman whose hair is dishevelled, and hanging about her face a slattern.” 4. “One who slanders another behind his back, i.e. (And if you need more inspiration, here's some Victorian slang for good measure.) 1. Below are some of the tome's most hilarious, vivid, and archaic insults, arranged in alphabetical order for your put-down pleasure. The anthology is filled with slang words and terms of the kind dictionary scribe Samuel Johnson had previously deemed unfit for his influential A Dictionary of the English Language (1755). And there’s more where that came from if you browse through English lexicographer Francis Grose's A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, first published in 1785. For history buffs and word nerds, “You jerk” just doesn't have the same ring as “You unlicked cub,” an insult from Georgian England. ![]()
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