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You jackanapes with scarves!



Looks like gibberish to you? Here's what it all means:
'Jackanape' was a word for someone pompous, jumped-up and ridiculous - someone who thought too much of themself. It came from the nickname of a medieval Duke of Suffolk, William de la Pole. He was an unpopular social climber, who ended up being beheaded by Henry VI.

William's coat of arms featured a chained monkey, then called a 'jack ape' or 'jack nape.' This led to Jack Napis becoming William's nickname.

Scarves were a bit dressier in Shakespeare's time than now, so the whole insult means, 'you jumped-up, ridiculous, overdressed idiot.'

Fancy reading more like that? It's from:
All's Well That Ends Well, Act 3, Scene 5


You are a mad-brain rudesby, full of spleen.

You're pigeon-livered and lack gall.

You Banbury cheese!

Your horrid image does unfix my hair.

A gallimaufray of gambols!

Your horrid image does unfix my hair.