NettetMost web sites and forum posts I've come across covering archaic insults are usually devoted to listing polysyllabic compound words of the Shakespearean variety, such as : you artless, swag-bellied, cod-piece! What I'm looking for are serious insults that could have actually been used between the 1700s and the 1800s. Nettet13. jun. 2024 · Here are ten of the best fun and fascinating terms that were used throughout the 1800s… 10. Gas Pipes – ‘That man over there has his gas pipes on!’ – …
What slang did they use in the 1800s? – chroniclesdengen.com
NettetDid people cuss a lot in the 1800s? Bloody and bugger were the two most prevalent swearwords in the 18th and 19th centuries. By the 1860s, swearing probably sounded much as it does today, with obscene words doing much of the work of swearing, and with religious words — damn it, Jesus, oh God — employed frequently but to less effect. Nettet13. jun. 2024 · Here are ten of the best fun and fascinating terms that were used throughout the 1800s… 10. Gas Pipes – ‘That man over there has his gas pipes on!’ – This is a term that was used to describe an individual that was wearing extremely tight trousers. 9. Whooperups – ‘Whooperups’ is a term that is used to describe a group of ... dr kathryn stabile lancaster pa
The Unhinged Historian: Top Ten Awesome Victorian Swear Words
http://www.unhingedhistorian.com/2013/01/top-ten-awesome-victorian-swear-words.html Nettet28. jan. 2024 · Cocksucker and cockteaser: Used at least by mid 1800s. Damn: A powerful swear word used broadly but considered very naughty. Deuce: A late 17th century alternative to Devil. Devil: Same as damn. Frig/frigging: Another way to say the f word. Lawks!: An alternative expression to saying Lord, originating in the mid 1700s. Lor!: Nettet20. jun. 2024 · These are gentle insults used in the 1800’s: Late 1700’s – These would already have been in use in the early 1800’s. codger – an elderly man, especially one who is old-fashioned or eccentric; coot – a foolish or eccentric person, typically an old man; cuss – an annoying or stubborn person or animal coherent and incoherent precipitates