Folks didn’t think too highly of someone if they referred to them as “above snakes.” That was a polite way of calling someone a low life. On the scale of vilified critters, this person is o… See more

This is a saying you may have heard your grandparents utter. Our grandparents and great-grandparents used molasses, the thick black byproduct left over when sugar is refined, … See more

Northern soldiers wore blue uniforms even before the outbreak of the American Civil War. Bluebellywas a slang word for a Union soldier, but it evolved into an insult for a cocky pers… See more

This insult from the time of the Old West is still used today. Then, as now, a bottom feeder is an opportunistic coward with few morals. They seek to profit from the misfortune… See more