Not that it's the kindest thing to do but, a little insult or clapback is sometimes necessary in situations. We gotta vent our emotions, and better with a few choice (not necessarily malicious) words than fisticuffs. And it's always best to go with a classic. Even insults become vintage and most never lose their brilliance.

Redditor __PMUrClassySexyPics_wants to know _What old insults need to make a comeback? Goes to show, you can't beat the classics and there are a few great unknowns I'm writing down.

WELL CRAP!

You look like 10 pounds of s* in a five pound sack.

When I was in 7th grade we got a new student who had been homeschooled his whole life. One time I said something to him, can't remember what, and he called me a "dunderhead"

My grandmother once told me to take a flying f*at a rolling donut when I beat her at rummy once. So, there's that.

Calling annoying kids 'rapscallions.'

My grandmother called a woman a shrew a few weeks back.

"I do desire we may be better strangers" Shakespeare.

As there were a few " yer mama" comments in the thread I thought I would add this exchange from Titus.

Demetrius: "Villain, what hast thou done?"

Aaron: "That which thou canst not undo."

Chiron: "Thou hast undone our mother."

Aaron: "Villain, I have done thy mother."

"Don't look now. I think there's one too many in this room and I think it's you." - Groucho Marx.

"I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception!"

Scoundrel? I like the sound of that.

One of the surgeons I work with called his patient "A real Turd Ferguson" the other day. I almost fell out of my chair.

What a maroon!

all bark and no bite

all booster, no payload

all crown, no filling

all foam, no beer

all ham, no let

all hammer, no nail

all icing, no cake

all lime and salt, no tequila

all mouth and no trousers

all shot, no powder

all sizzle and no steak

all talk and no action

all wax and no wick

all motion and no meat

all show, no go

I quite like using harpy in place of "witch," for a particularly nasty one.

"You look like someone poured you into your clothes and forgot to say 'when'"

I don't know how old-timey it is necessarily, but I've always liked it.

In Dutch, it's still fairly common to insult people by wishing diseases on them. Stuff like "may your mother get cancer and you die of syphilis!" type thing.

I feel like this could really work in English beyond just "a pox on you" or some such.

"I hope you live a long and happy life; so you can enjoy your grandchild's short and miserable life."

Literature is full of great ones like you deistical prater, you'd make a lovely corpse, you shell of a man... Also any of Oscar Wilde's snark.

Jive turkey! It just rolls off the tongue. I feel so smooth after saying it.

Biting your thumb at people.

"Oatmeal north of the eyebrows."

Best comeback is a comeback that starts with

"Well first of all, brush your teeth.."

Then proceed with comeback.