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Subject: Ye Olde cusswords?

MistyLaraCarrara opened this issue on Sep 30, 2014 · 9 posts
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MistyLaraCarrara ( ) posted Tue, 30 September 2014 at 8:18 AM · edited Wed, 20 November 2024 at 1:20 AM

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could anyone help me with Ye Olde cusswords?

i'm writing a realm-ish novel. looking for cussing you'd hear at the
rennfaire or similar?

so far i haz
blighter
bugger
sod all
sod off
dodgy
Yo momma

 

Thanks :lol:


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dphoadley ( ) posted Tue, 30 September 2014 at 8:56 AM

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Shite

Ugsome

Cur

Cad

Bloody

Whoreson

Catamite

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MistyLaraCarrara ( ) posted Tue, 30 September 2014 at 3:11 PM

i'll haz to look up ugsome.  never heard that one :)

found this page:  tee hee - http://www.renfaire.com/Language/insults.html


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dphoadley ( ) posted Tue, 30 September 2014 at 4:03 PM · edited Tue, 30 September 2014 at 4:06 PM

It was a popular term up until the 13th Century, when it started to fall out of use, at least according to Bill Bryson in his book Mother Tongue: The Story of the English Language.  It means some VERY unpleasant!

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ugsome

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wheatpenny ( ) posted Tue, 30 September 2014 at 4:12 PM
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I know that the word "whoreson" was equivalent to the modern word "son of a b****", and was just about as offensive. It comes up quite often in Shakespeare, and a lot of Shakespearean actors have no idea that it was considered a "bad word"...



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MistyLaraCarrara ( ) posted Wed, 01 October 2014 at 8:35 AM

cusses like bastard and whoreson won't work in my made up realm.  whore is a profession like any other, out of wedlock is a social norm.


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Chipka ( ) posted Thu, 02 October 2014 at 6:05 PM

Shakespeare gave my my favorite one:

 

Scurvy knave

 

I can't think of any others, but I'll let you know if I come across any.  I know a few doozies in Russian and Czech if those would help.

wheatpenny ( ) posted Thu, 02 October 2014 at 6:30 PM
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I have a book of Russian profanity and "Dirty words".



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TheBryster ( ) posted Wed, 12 November 2014 at 9:58 AM
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Twit: Short for obsolete atwite, from Middle English atwiten,

Numbskull

Sluggard. Sluggardly.

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