25 Very Devastating Insults Lobbed At and By Famous Folks

Don’t mind if we borrow a couple of these

Today’s zingers lack the elegance and humor of past insults, and definitely don’t deliver the gratification of visualizing your history textbook’s most revered characters getting down and dirty with a little linguistic warfare. Which is why we’ve uncovered some of history’s most ruthless rebukes — you know, to demonstrate exactly how cruel history’s greatest could be. You should especially avoid offending well-known comedians, filmmakers and playwrights because their burns are particularly toasty.

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