{"id":8060,"date":"2018-07-26T22:38:44","date_gmt":"2018-07-26T22:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/evaggelatos.com\/?p=8060"},"modified":"2018-07-28T23:07:08","modified_gmt":"2018-07-28T23:07:08","slug":"20-incredibly-witty-insults-20-%ce%b5%cf%85%cf%86%cf%85%ce%ad%cf%83%cf%84%ce%b1%cf%84%ce%b5%cf%82-%cf%8d%ce%b2%cf%81%ce%b5%ce%b9%cf%82","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evaggelatos.com\/?p=8060","title":{"rendered":"20 Incredibly Witty Insults (20 \u03b5\u03c5\u03c6\u03c5\u03ad\u03c3\u03c4\u03b1\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2 \u03cd\u03b2\u03c1\u03b5\u03b9\u03c2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Can you think of anything better in this world than a fantastic inspired insult? A good insult truly is rare, and is something to be relished like a fine wine. When you offend somebody with such artistry and wit, you can&#8217;t pretend to be offended. It&#8217;s best not to take such put-downs personally, and just let it go. Here are 20 of our favorite crushing zingers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"textbanner_xs\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix\">\n<div class=\"col-xs-12\"><span class=\"tm-emailbody-likes-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive no-like\" src=\"http:\/\/en.bcdn.biz\/Images\/2018\/7\/27\/ac029154-347e-49ec-9b37-2a4c46bfbce2.jpg\" alt=\"witty put-downs\" border=\"0\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-xs-12\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>\u201cShe ran the whole gamut of the emotions, from A to B.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">What author Dorothy Parker had to say on Katharine Hepburn\u2019s acting.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-xs-12\"><span class=\"tm-emailbody-likes-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive no-like\" src=\"http:\/\/en.bcdn.biz\/Images\/2018\/7\/27\/3631d5a5-ded6-45e2-bdd1-2ddef91f5110.jpg\" alt=\"witty put-downs\" border=\"0\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-xs-12\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>\u201cAll morons hate it when you call them a moron.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Author J.D. Salinger, from his novel Catcher in the Rye.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"col-xs-12\"><span class=\"tm-emailbody-likes-wrapper\" style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive no-like\" src=\"http:\/\/en.bcdn.biz\/Images\/2018\/7\/27\/6854619b-d430-4d6e-850b-8a213182269f.jpg\" alt=\"witty put-downs\" border=\"0\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-xs-12\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>\u201cMy dear, you are ugly, but tomorrow I shall be sober and you will still be ugly.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">What the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill said to Lady Astor, the first female Member of Parliament, after she called him \u201cdisgustingly drunk.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-xs-12\"><span class=\"tm-emailbody-likes-wrapper\" style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive no-like\" src=\"http:\/\/en.bcdn.biz\/Images\/2018\/7\/27\/1b202c26-9ed0-4dbc-b31d-b58433ceeaa9.jpg\" alt=\"witty put-downs\" border=\"0\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-xs-12\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>\u201cBill Clinton is a man who thinks international affairs means dating a girl from out of town.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">This is what author Tom Clancy had to say on the 42nd President of the United States.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-xs-12\"><span class=\"tm-emailbody-likes-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive no-like\" src=\"http:\/\/en.bcdn.biz\/Images\/2018\/7\/27\/54e2c582-0abc-4cf8-84ef-a510df53718b.jpg\" alt=\"witty put-downs\" border=\"0\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-xs-12\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>\u201cI like your opera. I think I will set it to music.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Composer Ludwig van Beethoven, slapping another composer to the curb.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-xs-12\"><span class=\"tm-emailbody-likes-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive no-like\" src=\"http:\/\/en.bcdn.biz\/Images\/2018\/7\/27\/a9a73ce1-6e7d-48e0-99ab-173731ea13ab.jpg\" alt=\"witty put-downs\" border=\"0\" data-original=\"http:\/\/en.bcdn.biz\/Images\/2018\/7\/27\/a9a73ce1-6e7d-48e0-99ab-173731ea13ab.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-xs-12\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>\u201cI don\u2019t approve of political jokes; I have seen too many of them get elected.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Comedian Jon Stewart on the tools of his trade.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-xs-12\"><span class=\"tm-emailbody-likes-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive no-like\" src=\"http:\/\/en.bcdn.biz\/Images\/2018\/7\/27\/3931cbcc-4943-40ed-94b4-69bf2ad55d25.jpg\" alt=\"witty put-downs\" border=\"0\" data-original=\"http:\/\/en.bcdn.biz\/Images\/2018\/7\/27\/3931cbcc-4943-40ed-94b4-69bf2ad55d25.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-xs-12\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>\u201cIf your brains were dynamite, there wouldn\u2019t be enough to blow your hat off.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Quoted from the novel Timequake, by author Kurt Vonnegut Jr.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-xs-12\"><span class=\"tm-emailbody-likes-wrapper\" style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive no-like\" src=\"http:\/\/en.bcdn.biz\/Images\/2018\/7\/27\/b0c66653-631b-4984-85ea-a3fc4efaca5c.jpg\" alt=\"witty put-downs\" border=\"0\" data-original=\"http:\/\/en.bcdn.biz\/Images\/2018\/7\/27\/b0c66653-631b-4984-85ea-a3fc4efaca5c.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-xs-12\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>\u201cShe speaks five languages and can\u2019t act in any of them.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Sir John Gielgud on Casablanca star Ingrid Bergman.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-xs-12\"><span class=\"tm-emailbody-likes-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive no-like\" src=\"http:\/\/en.bcdn.biz\/Images\/2018\/7\/27\/25a6f31d-101d-4c82-a489-5ae2ed65af33.jpg\" alt=\"witty put-downs\" border=\"0\" data-original=\"http:\/\/en.bcdn.biz\/Images\/2018\/7\/27\/25a6f31d-101d-4c82-a489-5ae2ed65af33.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-xs-12\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>\u201cOne man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity there ain\u2019t nothing can beat teamwork.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">One of author Mark Twains most famous insults.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-xs-12\"><span class=\"tm-emailbody-likes-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive no-like\" src=\"http:\/\/en.bcdn.biz\/Images\/2018\/7\/27\/0ba0f21b-96b5-421e-a34b-50732989f262.jpg\" alt=\"witty put-downs\" border=\"0\" data-original=\"http:\/\/en.bcdn.biz\/Images\/2018\/7\/27\/0ba0f21b-96b5-421e-a34b-50732989f262.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-xs-12\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>\u201cWhat problems do you have, apart from being blind, unemployed, and a moron?\u201d<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Tennis star John McEnroe, to a Wimbledon spectator.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-xs-12\"><span class=\"tm-emailbody-likes-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive no-like\" src=\"http:\/\/en.bcdn.biz\/Images\/2018\/7\/27\/e49c73b8-ad52-4b0a-9937-cd800a750478.jpg\" alt=\"witty put-downs\" border=\"0\" data-original=\"http:\/\/en.bcdn.biz\/Images\/2018\/7\/27\/e49c73b8-ad52-4b0a-9937-cd800a750478.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-xs-12\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>\u201cYour hair wants cutting.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Taken from Lewis Carroll&#8217;s novel, Alice in Wonderland &#8211; what the Mad Hatter said to the March Hare.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-xs-12\"><span class=\"tm-emailbody-likes-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive no-like\" src=\"http:\/\/en.bcdn.biz\/Images\/2018\/7\/27\/54ec962c-489b-4cda-a5aa-3a32f914f272.jpg\" alt=\"witty put-downs\" border=\"0\" data-original=\"http:\/\/en.bcdn.biz\/Images\/2018\/7\/27\/54ec962c-489b-4cda-a5aa-3a32f914f272.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-xs-12\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>\u201cHis mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Actress Mae West on a man she didn\u2019t like in Belle of the Nineties (1934).<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"hidden-xs clear clearfix ad-with-title\"><span class=\"ad-title\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">&#8211; Advertisement<\/span> &#8211;<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"emailbody-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"emailbody\">\n<div class=\"clearfix\">\n<div class=\"textbanner\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-xs-12\"><span class=\"tm-emailbody-likes-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive no-like\" src=\"http:\/\/en.bcdn.biz\/Images\/2018\/7\/27\/55220c8d-6c55-4e22-9d96-fb51096c9d5e.jpg\" alt=\"witty put-downs\" border=\"0\" data-original=\"http:\/\/en.bcdn.biz\/Images\/2018\/7\/27\/55220c8d-6c55-4e22-9d96-fb51096c9d5e.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-xs-12\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>\u201cSome of my best leading men have been dogs and horses.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Actress Elizabeth Taylor on her storied acting career.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-xs-12\"><span class=\"tm-emailbody-likes-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive no-like\" src=\"http:\/\/en.bcdn.biz\/Images\/2018\/7\/27\/6e5b81ba-3287-47c9-8b16-90e8ec9cc7ea.jpg\" alt=\"witty put-downs\" border=\"0\" data-original=\"http:\/\/en.bcdn.biz\/Images\/2018\/7\/27\/6e5b81ba-3287-47c9-8b16-90e8ec9cc7ea.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-xs-12\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>\u201cGentleman, Chicolini here may look like an idiot and talk like an idiot, but don\u2019t let that fool you. He really is an idiot.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Comedian Groucho Marx in Duck Soup (1933).<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-xs-12\"><span class=\"tm-emailbody-likes-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive no-like\" src=\"http:\/\/en.bcdn.biz\/Images\/2018\/7\/27\/de5c6c0b-16a5-412e-81c4-61ae472f8eac.jpg\" alt=\"witty put-downs\" border=\"0\" data-original=\"http:\/\/en.bcdn.biz\/Images\/2018\/7\/27\/de5c6c0b-16a5-412e-81c4-61ae472f8eac.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-xs-12\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>\u201cHe is simply a hole in the air.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">What author George Orwell wrote in his novel The Lion and the Unicorn.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-xs-12\"><span class=\"tm-emailbody-likes-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive no-like\" src=\"http:\/\/en.bcdn.biz\/Images\/2018\/7\/27\/78fa2314-d198-44d9-b947-d39931c05627.jpg\" alt=\"witty put-downs\" border=\"0\" data-original=\"http:\/\/en.bcdn.biz\/Images\/2018\/7\/27\/78fa2314-d198-44d9-b947-d39931c05627.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-xs-12\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>\u201cHe can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I ever met.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">President Abraham Lincoln, on one of his political opponents.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-xs-12\"><span class=\"tm-emailbody-likes-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive no-like\" src=\"http:\/\/en.bcdn.biz\/Images\/2018\/7\/27\/af836e70-340f-467c-8272-f59df0187508.jpg\" alt=\"witty put-downs\" border=\"0\" data-original=\"http:\/\/en.bcdn.biz\/Images\/2018\/7\/27\/af836e70-340f-467c-8272-f59df0187508.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-xs-12\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">\u201cHe has Van Gogh\u2019s ear for music.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>What writer and filmmaker Billy Wilder had to say, while listening to an actor sing in the movie Kiss Me, Stupid.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-xs-12\"><span class=\"tm-emailbody-likes-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive no-like\" src=\"http:\/\/en.bcdn.biz\/Images\/2018\/7\/27\/244f6031-cf57-4cd1-923d-7e5d400a86ae.jpg\" alt=\"witty put-downs\" border=\"0\" data-original=\"http:\/\/en.bcdn.biz\/Images\/2018\/7\/27\/244f6031-cf57-4cd1-923d-7e5d400a86ae.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-xs-12\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>\u201cIt costs a lot of money to look this cheap.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Dolly Parton, referring to herself &amp; her famous boobs.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-xs-12\"><span class=\"tm-emailbody-likes-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive no-like\" src=\"http:\/\/en.bcdn.biz\/Images\/2018\/7\/27\/a397b5ce-06b9-4087-9dd0-b7a8ca787809.jpg\" alt=\"witty put-downs\" border=\"0\" data-original=\"http:\/\/en.bcdn.biz\/Images\/2018\/7\/27\/a397b5ce-06b9-4087-9dd0-b7a8ca787809.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-xs-12\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>\u201cSuppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Mark Twain on the members of Capitol Hill.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-xs-12\"><span class=\"tm-emailbody-likes-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive no-like\" src=\"http:\/\/en.bcdn.biz\/Images\/2018\/7\/27\/368c516b-057d-4687-8760-b393e2f631b8.jpg\" alt=\"witty put-downs\" border=\"0\" data-original=\"http:\/\/en.bcdn.biz\/Images\/2018\/7\/27\/368c516b-057d-4687-8760-b393e2f631b8.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-xs-12\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>\u201cNancy, if you were my wife, I\u2019d drink it.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">What Winston Churchill had to say after being informed by Lady Astor that if she was married to him, she would have poisoned his coffee to get rid pf him.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tm-content-sharemenu text-center clearfix\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Comment of the owner of this site: If you want to insult someone do it in a witty way.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">http:\/\/www.ba-bamail.com\/content.aspx?emailid=30381<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can you think of anything better in this world than a fantastic inspired insult? A good insult truly is rare, and is something to be relished like a fine wine. When you offend somebody with such artistry and wit, you can&#8217;t pretend to be offended. 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