bismer : Generate Shakespearean insults

Inspired by Dr. Vicky Forster (@vickyyyf) : https://twitter.com/vickyyyf/status/846028898152431618 and requested by Jeff Hollister (@jhollist).

The following functions are implemented:

• insult: Generate a Shakespearean insult

The insult() function is aliased to

• gehornian
• híenan
• misgrétan
• scendan

for those who want to go "all-in" on the Shakespeare thing.

Installation

devtools::install_github("hrbrmstr/bismer")

Usage

library(bismer)

# current verison
packageVersion("bismer")

## [1] '0.1.1'

purrr::walk(1:10, ~print(insult()))

## [1] "thou errant rude-growing ooxoomb"
## [1] "thou qualling fly-bitten miscreant"
## [1] "thou saucy flap-mouthed bum-bailey"
## [1] "thou reeky rude-growing puttock"
## [1] "thou lumpish common-kissing clotpole"
## [1] "thou paunchy weather-bitten strumpet"
## [1] "thou weedy common-kissing puttock"
## [1] "thou weedy full-gorged hedge-pig"
## [1] "thou puking pottle-deep joithead"
## [1] "thou gorbellied clapper-clawed dewberry"

purrr::walk(1:10, ~print(insult(thou=FALSE)))

## [1] "bawdy dismal-dreaning pignut"
## [1] "reeky unchin-snouted pumpion"
## [1] "currish doghearted lewdster"
## [1] "clouted bat-fouling minnow"
## [1] "lumpish hasty-witted gudgeon"
## [1] "qualling full-gorged harpy"
## [1] "surly common-kissing foot-licker"
## [1] "loggerheaded pottle-deep fustilarian"
## [1] "spongy hedge-born scut"
## [1] "spleeny beef-witted bum-bailey"

purrr::walk(1:10, ~print(insult(sentence=TRUE)))

## [1] "Thou art a cockered flap-mouthed varlot!"
## [1] "Thou art a roguish common-kissing wagtail!"
## [1] "Thou art a venomed dizzy-eyed ooxoomb!"
## [1] "Thou art a currish ill-breeding skainsmate!"
## [1] "Thou art a vain unchin-snouted hugger-mugger!"
## [1] "Thou art a vain milk-livered gudgeon!"
## [1] "Thou art a jarring ill-nurtured harpy!"
## [1] "Thou art a craven ill-breeding harpy!"
## [1] "Thou art a bawdy spur-galled haggard!"
## [1] "Thou art a frothy bat-fouling flax-wench!"

purrr::walk(1:10, ~print(insult(sentence=TRUE, exclaim=FALSE)))

## [1] "Thou art a venomed milk-livered flap-dragon."
## [1] "Thou art a bootless plume-plucked flirt-gill."
## [1] "Thou art a roguish hasty-witted canker-blossom."
## [1] "Thou art a vain folly-fallen bladder."
## [1] "Thou art a roguish bat-fouling death-token."
## [1] "Thou art a currish rude-growing pignut."
## [1] "Thou art an artless shard-borne giglet."
## [1] "Thou art a roguish ill-nurtured ratsbane."
## [1] "Thou art a dissembling tardy-gaited flax-wench."
## [1] "Thou art a dissembling idle-headed mammet."