H-E-double hockey sticks & other Curseless Curses

[3113]

What swear terms have you heard in your life, creative, interesting, funny, fun even, that take the place of common foul or "blasphemous" swear words/terms? I'm looking for creative alternatives for characters who avoid words like shit, fuck, hell, goddamn, even Jesus Christ...

What were you taught to say in place of such things? Or have heard in place of them?

 

[slyc_willie]

What swear terms have you heard in your life, creative, interesting, funny, fun even, that take the place of common foul or "blasphemous" swear words/terms? I'm looking for creative alternatives for characters who avoid words like shit, fuck, hell, goddamn, even Jesus Christ...

What were you taught to say in place of such things? Or have heard in place of them?

At work, one of our managers has a habit of saying "cheese and rice." Funniest thing is, he's Jewish.

 

[TE999]

A few I remember are:

nuts
phooey
rats
Holy Christmas!
Godfrey Daniels (my nana was a W.C. Fields fan)
I swan
I swear
darn or darn it
dagnabit
shoot
crud
Sweet Aunt Jemima
blast it
shite
fiddlesticks
for the love of mike
dang

Theres a starter list for you.

 

[rgraham666]

Shucks and other comments.

 

[Boota]

One of my mom's friends says "Duck butter!" when she's angry.

 

[3113]

A few I remember are:

nuts
phooey
rats
Holy Christmas!
Godfrey Daniels (my nana was a W.C. Fields fan)
I swan
I swear
darn or darn it
dagnabit
shoot
crud
Sweet Aunt Jemima
blast it
shite
fiddlesticks
for the love of mike
dang

Theres a starter list for you.

That's a great list! Thanks!

 

[Trombonus]

An old friend from high school used to say "fetch" instead of the other F-word.

 

[Guest]

That tears it.

 

[Vermilion]

i know someone whose mum told them that 'Beethoven' was a very bad word and she must never say it. She still uses it as a swear word even now.

Jumping jehosephat is a good one too...
Christ on a bike - or is that too rude?

and fiddlesticks.

 

[tickledkitty]

Fudge, biotch, Christ on a cracker.

 

[Stella_Omega]

a friend of mine used to tell her cats; "La Abeja!" when she was mad at them, She claims that she tried many different terms and phrases, and they responded best to that one.

(It means "The bee" in Spanish)

the Old Man calls people; "You drut!" when he's exasperated and "holy mackerel" can be heard around here quite often. But really, the whole family swear like sailors.

 

[Anniejustagirl]

My dad's... Son of a Biscuit

high school pal... Oh Chewy Wooey

My aunt... Fudge Ripple

My great aunt... Shice Mariah... No idea how to spell that,
but that's what is sounded like

 

[Vermilion]

sugar!

 

[slyc_willie]

Son of a biscuit . . . I still hear that now and then.

Then there's Mork's favorite: "Shozbot!"

 

[TheHotJD]

"Foot!" was a popular stand-in for the all-popular f-word in my extended family. And "daggone" seems to be a local favorite here in Virginia; I have heard it here more than anywhere else I have ever lived.

I also like "Blitsnak," an alien curse word favored by Gantu in the movie Lilo and Stitch.

 

[jayce1066]

"Shostakovich!"

If greatly vexed, "Dmitri Shostakovich!"

Given the right inflection, it sounds dreadful.

 

[MrsDeathlynx]

sugar honey ice tea

 

[slyc_willie]

sugar honey ice tea

Sure. Thanks.

 

[tickledkitty]

Then there's Mork's favorite: "Shozbot!"

Someone just said that to me the other day.

 

[jayce1066]

Someone just said that to me the other day.

Holy crap, that show's been off the air for nearly 30 years now & I still say "Shazbot" sometimes.

 

[slyc_willie]

Holy crap, that show's been off the air for nearly 30 years now & I still say "Shazbot" sometimes.

Some things are just classic.

Owing to the new Battlestar Galactica series, I find myself saying 'Frak' now and then.

 

[bluebell]

I've heard "Fark!" over and over, although I have to say it just winds up sounding like "Fuck" anyhow.
I'm also immensely fond of "Oh bother" (yes, Winnie the Pooh), or "Botheration".

When I'm mad at someone while driving (and they're speeding by me) I'll shout, "There'd better be a pregnant woman in your car!"
Also, in lieu of flipping someone off, I use "Peel the banana" or "Shuck the corn".

Not terribly creative. Meh. Goober.

 

[MaeveoSliabh]

My current favorite is 'smegging' instead of 'fucking'. As in, "I'm going to beat this smeggin computer if the screen doesn't load soon!"

 

[knitedreams]

I had a chem teacher in high school who's last name was Schutzenhofer. In the beginning of the semester, he told the class we could use his last name as a curse word. Instead of saying "Shit" we could say "Schutzenhofer" or "Schutz." The funny thing is that we actually did use his last name instead of "Shit." Ten years later I still catch myself using it every so often.

 

[Caitano]

The Gagnon girls all say "tabernac".