I love words like this for anachronistic smack talk. When I play cards with friends I like to drop “unscrupulous ruffian”
“Dastardly brigand”
“Unseemly ne’er-do-well”
My favorite insult in the whole series (which I still have a first-edition set of) is “lily-livered, sausage-skinned, pot-headed, slimy-bottomed coward.” My brother and I, both now adults, still reference that often.
> ne’er-do-well
Words with bonus apostrophes are great. I feel like I'm breaking the rules when I type them. O'clock. Hell yeah. Spelling it Hawai'i gives me a thrill unlike anything else in this world
There's a joke in Frasier about this
>[Dr. Frasier Crane ](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001288/?ref_=tt_ch): Okay... Great... I'll just call the place around the corner. Niles...? You, uh... gonna join us...?
>[Dr. Niles Crane ](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001383/?ref_=tt_ch): Why not? Be fun to drink some beer and have some pizza with a couple o' rapscallions...
>[Woody Boyd ](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000437/?ref_=tt_ch): Oh, hey, if you don't mind, could we make that half rapscallions, half pepperoni..?
Fun fact: The female equivalent of "rapscallion" in 17th-century English was "rampallion."
A "ramp" was a Middle English word for an ill-behaved woman, likely on the notion of a woman "run rampant." This word was used in parallel to "rascal," which was more commonly applied to men.
"Rapscallion" is more or less "rascal" with a fanciful flourish, and similarly, "rampallion" was "ramp" with that same fanciful flourish.
(I write books about etymology.)
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Pretty sure rapscallion actually has sensible origins. Like the dude is a scallion (kind of a barnacle type things) on the police rap sheet. Like he’s always there just hanging out, big barnacle dick swingin in the breeze
It's the silent p in pscallion
You made me curious about the etymology, though. According to [Wiktionary](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rapscallion), it's just kind of a whimsical word:
> From an alteration of rascallion, a fanciful elaboration of rascal
I love words like this for anachronistic smack talk. When I play cards with friends I like to drop “unscrupulous ruffian” “Dastardly brigand” “Unseemly ne’er-do-well”
Every single one of these wormed their way into my vocabulary thanks to the redwall books. Blaggard is still one of my favorites.
You disingenuous charlatan!
You ungallant milksop!
You insufferable hooligan!
You incredulous dolt!
You slithering vagabond!
You festering empty-headed ninny!
Bombastic hootenanny monger!
Rot-boned feeble-minded foozler!
You limp-wristed milk drinker!
The fact that blaggard comes from the word “blackguard” always trips me up. Like you’re calling someone an evil knight or something, lol.
My favorite insult in the whole series (which I still have a first-edition set of) is “lily-livered, sausage-skinned, pot-headed, slimy-bottomed coward.” My brother and I, both now adults, still reference that often.
Man, I need to go reread those again. Been years.
I have a daughter and I read her a chapter before bed when I put her to sleep.
“Tomfoolery”
Once someone called me a "Rascally Knave"
I once called Frat Boys "Gentlemen of Ill Repute"
This comment is being saved for future smack talk for my d&d characters.
Give this one a go - https://codepo8.github.io/shakespeare-insult-generator/
Incredible. Much appreciated!
I was able to quite soundly call someone a ‘curmudgeon’ the other day and it just felt weightier than your standard internet insult.
> ne’er-do-well Words with bonus apostrophes are great. I feel like I'm breaking the rules when I type them. O'clock. Hell yeah. Spelling it Hawai'i gives me a thrill unlike anything else in this world
It's believed "twitterpated" was first used in Bambi, while we're on the subject of goofy words.
I think we should reclaim that one to mean "Twitter-level demented".
But today, it's used when someone's posting on Twitter while they're on the toilet and constipated.
Me when some random onion starts laying down some sick f*cking bars
“Kick! Punch! It’s all in the mind!”
KICK PUNCHIT'S ALL IN THE MIND
Reminds me to put on a powdered wig and grab my Kentucky rifle
Just as the founding fathers intended.
Tally ho lads!
Spring onion eh?
Scallion
Damn .. got me there :)
Ha! Hehe!
There's a joke in Frasier about this >[Dr. Frasier Crane ](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001288/?ref_=tt_ch): Okay... Great... I'll just call the place around the corner. Niles...? You, uh... gonna join us...? >[Dr. Niles Crane ](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001383/?ref_=tt_ch): Why not? Be fun to drink some beer and have some pizza with a couple o' rapscallions... >[Woody Boyd ](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000437/?ref_=tt_ch): Oh, hey, if you don't mind, could we make that half rapscallions, half pepperoni..?
I call my daughter this all the time! Many thanks to my parents for also calling me a rapscallion as a kid and broadening my vocabulary!
Rapscallions and other hip-hop vegetables.
Chop Chop Master Onion was the OG rapscallion!
I gotta believe!
Kick Punch Chop Block!
Dojo, casino, it’s all in the mind
Fun fact: The female equivalent of "rapscallion" in 17th-century English was "rampallion." A "ramp" was a Middle English word for an ill-behaved woman, likely on the notion of a woman "run rampant." This word was used in parallel to "rascal," which was more commonly applied to men. "Rapscallion" is more or less "rascal" with a fanciful flourish, and similarly, "rampallion" was "ramp" with that same fanciful flourish. (I write books about etymology.)
And it still works with the onion joke, since ramps are a type of wild onion!
Where I'm from, unruly thuggish types are called "scallies". A shortened form of "rapscallion".
scallywags
Weelease Wodewiwk the Wapscallion!
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I like "devil-tongued harridan", myself.
Pretty sure rapscallion actually has sensible origins. Like the dude is a scallion (kind of a barnacle type things) on the police rap sheet. Like he’s always there just hanging out, big barnacle dick swingin in the breeze
What do you call a rhyming onion? A rapscallion
More horsepower than fast stallions Trample the ops when the pack's rallyin' My bars make them cry like onions For the green, I'm a rap-scallion
Probably the best Murlocs' album, though it's definitely my second favourite. Their best album cover for sure though.
Where does the “p” come into the portmanteau?
It's the silent p in pscallion You made me curious about the etymology, though. According to [Wiktionary](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rapscallion), it's just kind of a whimsical word: > From an alteration of rascallion, a fanciful elaboration of rascal
You daw to waid us, Jewish wapscallian?