Bratt is also an old English word meaning “ragged garment” or “cloak.” So, brats often wore bratts, affirming that they were in fact, brats. Brat as a slang term dates from the 1500s in England, and meant “beggar’s child.” Beggars often made sure their children were prominently displayed to garner more sympathy and money, which might have been particularly annoying to passersby. The worst kind of kids in the olden days weren’t loud and spoiled.

Brat (n), “A child, typically a badly behaved one.” Now I can never listen to Johnny Rotten without thinking, “hobo’s concubine.” 2. With that definition confirmed, it was ready to be adopted in the 1970s by British men in spiky leathers and mohawks screaming enraged metaphors about politics into a microphone. This evolved by the 1920s to mean 'young, inexperienced boy.” Inexperienced soon translated to good-for-nothing and criminal. Eventually it came to mean young male prostitutes, particularly those paired up with seasoned railroad bums. Shakespeare used it as an especially dirty word for prostitute in 1602. Punk has had a long, sordid career as an insult in the English language. Here are the origins of some familiar insults that will make calling out all the rubes, bums, cretins, and punks in your life a more fulfilling experience. PG-rated slang terms, however, usually have a richer but more obscure history. Insults involving body parts, and the things that come out of them, are as old as time.

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