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Shakespearean Profanity!

Jan 20, 2011 09:48

So the time has come when someone needs to write a Shakespearean adaptation of Cee-Lo Green's "F*ck You ( Read more... )

~languages: english: historical, 1600-1699, 1500-1599

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azn_jack_fiend January 20 2011, 22:23:18 UTC

A fig for you!

http://madshakespeare.com/2010/02/words-words-words-fig/

penhaligonblue January 20 2011, 22:33:38 UTC

"Fig you" gets my vote.

(As for "Go to," you're probably thinking of Lord Capulet chiding Tybalt for his pugnacity during the party scene of Romeo and Juliet, I.v.)

wowthatisminty January 20 2011, 22:36:19 UTC

I think someone in the Complete Works Abridged mentions "go to" = "fuck you."

syntinen_laulu January 20 2011, 23:31:59 UTC

That site isn't quite as explicit as it might be. The fig gesture represented the female genitals, and "la figue" in French, "la higa" in Spanish, and "la fica" in Italian, all meant (and still mean) "cunt".

brune_hilda January 21 2011, 08:38:04 UTC

Wow! What a surprise for Russians!

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