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 By Estelle I am Estelle, a small person who lives in Liverpool. I love all books apart from "The World According to Clarkson". Also very keen on comedy, cooking, octopods and other small people. View Archive → ← The Liverpool Virus, 1913 → Vintage Recipes – The Good, the Bad and the Calf’s Head, 1910