Archive for the ‘Insults’ Category

domine dolittle

Anne | April 13th, 2009 | No Comments »

An impotent old fellow.

-From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

crook shanks

Anne | April 10th, 2009 | No Comments »

A nickname for a man with bandy legs. He buys his boots in Crooked Lane, and his stockings in Bandy-legged Walk; his legs grew in the night, therefore could not see to grow straight; jeering sayings of men with crooked legs.

-From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

Also, the name of a cat. ;)

stubble it

Anne | March 27th, 2009 | No Comments »

Hold your tongue. CANT.

-From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

hoddy doddy, all arse and no body

Anne | August 28th, 2008 | No Comments »

A short clumsy person, either male or female.

–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

Anyone else start singing, “Lodi Dodi, we likes to party” after reading this?