Prison inmates taught to swear using Shakespearian insults to avoid being 'banged up'

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Prison inmates are being taught to swear at guards using Shakespearian insults to avoid getting "banged up." A new workshop lead by a theatre group is teaching convicts new taunts that can be used as substitutes for swearing, reports The Sun.The prisoners have been given a list of phrases which include the phrase: "The rankest compound of villainous smell that ever offended nostril” if they want to tell a warden they stink.Another insult is: "You poor, base, rascally, cheating lack-linen mate," which can be used to make fun of someone's appearance.To say "I slept with your mum" – the equivalent is "Villain, I have done thy mother."Classes led by theatre group London Shakespeare Workout at Pentonville jail are teaching prisoners to quote the.