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    The 25 best Shakespearean insults: "Thou cream-faced loon"

    Bill Shakespeare was famous for his fruity insults – here are just some of the best. And if you do choose to use these on colleagues, siblings, pets, mortal enemies, don't blame us for the consequences…

    1. Shakespeare insults

      1. Pox

      from 'The Tempest'

    2. Shakespeare insults

      2. Knave

      from 'All's Well That Ends Well'

    3. Shakespeare insults

      3. Strangers

      from 'As You Like It'

    4. Shakespeare insults

      4. Three inch

      from 'The Taming of the Shrew'

    5. Shakespeare insults

      5. February

      from 'Much Ado About Nothing'

    6. Shakespeare insults

      6. Paper

      from 'Henry IV, Part ii'

    7. Shakespeare insults

      7. Maypole

      from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'

    8. Shakespeare insults

      8. Lily-liver'd

      from 'Macbeth'

    9. Shakespeare insults

      9. Carbuncle

      from 'King Lear'

    10. Shakespeare insults

      10. Scullion

      from 'Henry IV Part ii'

    11. Shakespeare insults

      11. Spherical

      from 'The Comedy of Errors'

    12. Shakespeare insults

      12. Coxcomb

      from 'Twelfth Night'

    13. Shakespeare insults

      13. Scambling

      from 'Much Ado About Nothing'

    14. Shakespeare insults

      14. Weasel

      from 'Henry IV Part i'

    15. Shakespeare insults

      15. Minion

      from 'The Two Gentlemen of Verona'

    16. Shakespeare insults

      16. Promise-breaker

      from 'All's Well that Ends Well'

    17. Shakespeare insults

      17. Infect my eyes

      from 'Richard III'

    18. Shakespeare insults

      18. Stewed prune

      from 'Henry IV Part i'

    19. Shakespeare insults

      19. Lack of wit

      from 'Hamlet'

    20. Shakespeare insults

      20. Loon

      from 'Macbeth'

    21. Shakespeare insults

      21. Football player

      from 'King Lear'

    22. Shakespeare insults

      22. Butter

      from 'Henry IV Part ii'

    23. Shakespeare insults

      23. Fat guts

      from 'Henry IV Part i'

    24. Shakespeare insults

      24. Barbermonger

      from 'King Lear'

    25. Shakespeare insults

      25. Nut-hook

      form 'Henry IV, Part ii'

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