Daily Dialogue Download: What did we learn about writing insults?
We’ve just gone through two weeks worth of insults in the Daily Dialogue series. I picked up one thing. Compare these examples we featured on GITS:
“You pompous, stuck-up, snot-nosed, English, giant, twerp, scumbag, fuck-face, dickhead, asshole.”
(A Fish Called Wanda)
“You shit-kicking, stinky, horse-manure-smellin’ motherfucker you.”
(Casino)
“I want to look him straight in the eye and I want to tell him what a cheap, lying, no-good, rotten, four-flushing, low-life, snake-licking, dirt-eating, inbred, overstuffed, ignorant, blood-sucking, dog-kissing, brainless, dickless, hopeless, heartless, fat-ass, bug-eyed, stiff-legged, spotty-lipped, worm-headed sack of monkey shit he is!”
(National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation)
You can achieve humor and impact through a run-on litany of insulting descriptors.
What else did we learn about writing insults?