Shakespeare could have used social media to hone the skill of a good insult

INSULTS: they’re not what they used to be, writes Colm O’Regan

Too often the skill of the good insult has been corrupted by lazy stereotyping based on race, sexuality or gender.

On the 400th anniversary of death of the master of the insult, William Shakespeare, it’s time to skill-up again on the insult, its delivery, its alliteration, its aptness. For example, I just used the phrase ‘skill-up’ in a non-office email related context. For that, Shakespeare would no doubt have called me ‘a mammering, hedge-born jolt-head’.