Categories Victorian Victorian Slang Victorian Slang Insult of the Week – Softhorn Post author By Estelle Post date July 13, 2014 The Slang Dictionary, 1865 Softhorn – a simpleton, a donkey, whose ears, the substitute of horns, are soft. The Slang Dictionary, 1865 Tweet Tags 1865, cockney, The slang dictionary, Victorian, Victorian slang