Or, who says comics aren't educational? Stan seemed to have an inexhaustible thesaurus of put-downs, aspersions and invectives:
I can tell you for a fact that was the first time I ever heard the word "dolt", and it was certainly a useful addition to a teenager's vocabulary.
Clod was not unknown to me, but prefaced with "worthless, insufferable" really makes it work as a taunt.
Okay, so maybe he overused "insufferable". But did you know that an escutcheon is the shield on which a coat of arms is displayed? It can also be the distribution of pubic hair (!) although I doubt that's what Stan meant in this case.
Doom, of course, was the Doctor of Disdain, the Sultan of Scorn, the Ottoman of Opprobrium. But many other villains mastered the alliteration of aspersion as well:
However, that's not to say that the Marvel heroes were incapable of creative contumely:
I'm looking around for an example of my personal favorite insult; "costumed cretin" but not finding it quickly. Anybody? Anybody? Bueller?
Update: Another classic, courtesy of Flodo:
Update II: Costumed cretin as mentioned by an anonymous commenter, from Avengers Annual #1:
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