The modern web seems to know nothing about it at this point, but back when CGI scripts were a new curiosity, there was a Shakespearean Insult Generator which was popular and quite a lot of fun.
See perhaps Shakespearean Insults Mug:<p>* <a href="https://philosophersguild.com/products/shakespearean-insults-mug" rel="nofollow">https://philosophersguild.com/products/shakespearean-insults...</a><p>* <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Shakespearean-Insults-Coffee-Mug-Shakespeares/dp/B0038TYV7I/" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/Shakespearean-Insults-Coffee-Mug-Shak...</a>
Altho' it be not a living CGI script, mayhap the Internet Archive shall regale us with nigh-on 250 bespoke insults, plucked from the very copper tendrils of ye olde webbe: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/19990515000000*/http://www.webweaving.org/" rel="nofollow">https://web.archive.org/web/19990515000000*/http://www.webwe...</a><p><pre><code> Thou unmuzzled sheep-biting ratsbane !</code></pre>
I won't link it, here (the last time I did, it got flagged), but look up Guy Macon's Insult File.<p>Not a single word that would have tripped the content filters of the time.
They have a nice ring and cadence. One could string some of them along into a Pythonic poem to be recited from castle tops.
Reminds me of the “Insultinator” toy from the 90s. I will forever have the phrase “you’re a totally gross, boring nerd” imprinted on my consciousness.
Hey, don’t copy my daily affirmations
This is great! I remember being extremely impressed by Boris Johnson's "great supine protoplasmic invertebrate jellies" insult. How does one come up with such a string of words? I would've used this as a study resource.
I found this in a dusty corner of my code archive, and it made me laugh, and thought it might do the same for others. I wrote this when I was first learning a fancy new language called "Javascript." Apologies for the juvenile humor. Sometimes NSFW.
Reading Damn Interesting every day, I had no idea. Someone used your insults on AOL, or something like that, repeatedly. Thank you for the laughs.
Now that's what I call programming.