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41rascal — Formerly a word of much stronger meaning than it has today, when it is normally applied to a naughty child, especially a boy. It originally meant a man who was one of the common herd, a rogue, and a knave. ‘You whoreson cowardly rascal,’ used… …
42son of a bitch, you — ‘You’re a ham, you son of a bitch, and you know it,’ says an American man to another in The Philanderer, by Stanley Kauffmann. This comes in the middle of a friendly conversation, and the man addressed takes no offence. The term is similar… …
43tallow-catch — This is thought by some editors of Shakespeare’s Henry the Fourth Part One to be what Prince Hal calls Falstaff, the full expression being ‘thou whoreson, obscene, greasy tallow catch’. Tallow is a kind of animal fat used to make candles.… …
44zed — This is the British pronunciation of the letter z, usually zee in the USA. Shakespeare has Kent call Oswald, in King Lear (2:ii), ‘Thou whoreson zed! thou unnecessary letter!’ The last statement is not strictly true, since z is not actually a… …
45asshole — noun 1. insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous • Syn: ↑bastard, ↑cocksucker, ↑dickhead, ↑shit, ↑mother fucker, ↑motherfucker, ↑prick, ↑whoreson, ↑ …
46cocksucker — noun 1. a person who performs fellatio • Hypernyms: ↑sensualist 2. insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous • Syn: ↑asshole, ↑bastard, ↑dickhead, ↑shit, ↑moth …
47dickhead — noun insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous • Syn: ↑asshole, ↑bastard, ↑cocksucker, ↑shit, ↑mother fucker, ↑motherfucker, ↑prick, ↑whoreson, ↑so …
48dirty word — noun 1. an offensive or indecent word or phrase • Syn: ↑obscenity, ↑smut, ↑vulgarism, ↑filth • Derivationally related forms: ↑filthy (for: ↑filth), ↑ …
49disagreeable person — noun a person who is not pleasant or agreeable • Syn: ↑unpleasant person • Hypernyms: ↑unwelcome person, ↑persona non grata • Hyponyms: ↑aggravator, ↑annoyance, ↑ …
50illegitimate child — noun the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents • Syn: ↑bastard, ↑by blow, ↑love child, ↑illegitimate, ↑whoreson • Derivationally related forms: ↑bastardly (for: ↑ …
