I think it's funny how Foot-licker means Crawly suck-up. There are a lot of interesting insults in Shakespeare's plays. Here are some more funny insults:
A wretched pulling fool, a whining mammet.
-Puling meant whinging, plaintively moaning about something, and a mammet was a doll, something of little importance. So the insult means a foolish little moaning minnie.
Such a want-wit!
-If you want or need wit, then you're an idiot.
A wretched pulling fool, a whining mammet.
-Puling meant whinging, plaintively moaning about something, and a mammet was a doll, something of little importance. So the insult means a foolish little moaning minnie.
Such a want-wit!
-If you want or need wit, then you're an idiot.
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