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Hamlet insults Polonius on multiple occassions (generally along the lines of him being old, or incompitant), however one of the most memorable ways Hamlet insults Polonius is by calling him a "fish-monger", which in modern terms would be the equivilant of calling him a "pimp".

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Words. Words. Words.

He claims to be reading a description of the aging process. That's probably just to tease the elderly Polonius. Who knows?

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He reads one of Hamlet's love letters to Ophelia. This must have be staggeringly embarrassing to Ophelia, who is there at the time.

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