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Thursday, March 19, 2009

Ooh, SNAP, Shakespeare!

And who, you no doubt asked yourself this morning upon rising, could have coined the term "indigested"? It's a lovely adjective, derived from the participle of the verb, eh?

Well, ask yourself no longer; the answer is here: SHAKE-SPEARE, of course! And, furthermore, he used it as part of an insult, ha ha! Unsurprising.

The OED gives this earliest written usage:
1593 SHAKES. 2 Hen. VI, V. i. 157 Hence heape of wrath, foule indigested lumpe, As crooked in thy manners, as thy shape.

I'm totally gonna call somebody a "foul indigested lump" the next time I get cut off in traffic. Fer reals.

3 comments:

Organic Meatbag said...

Hey, I somewhat resemble that remark!

Clare said...

ha. thanks for posting a comment.

Organic Meatbag said...

And thanks for reading mine too! And a special thanks from me to you for being a rare blogger that isn't obsessed with kids and religion...we are few and far between...kick ass!