Bastard

Bastard is an offensive term in the English language. It originally referred to an illegitimate child, but it is now used as a general insult.

Quotations

• For me, the worst sin is hypocrisy. The sinner is not the assassin. The sinner's the bastard who hires the assassin.

  1976, Joyce Haber, The User

• I wish people weren't so set on being themselves, when that means being a bastard.

  1983, Robertson Davies, The Rebel Angels

• Get off of the fuckin' road you greenie bastard!

  1994, Bad Boy Bubby

• Oh my god, they killed Kenny! You bastard!

  1999, South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut

• "Call me later", you'd said, so I could call you later, at night, and it is those nights I miss you, Ed, the most, on the phone, you beautiful bastard.

  2011, Daniel Handler, Why We Broke Up