# A Compendium of Fictional Malediction **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 22, 2005, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-compendium-of-fictional-malediction/332222 "2005-11-22T08:13:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-compendium-of-fictional-malediction/332222/1 "2005-11-22T08:13:16Z")
I’m currently reading the comic series L.E.G.I.O.N. '89, and the fact that sometimes every other word out of Gerryn Bek’s mouth seems to be Grok - either alone, or in the compound phrase ‘Grok-Bokker’, which is now my favourite insult - got me to thinking about the fictional obscenities and profanities in science fiction and fantasy - particularly comic books and television, which made me decide to build a list of the things - and, hey, the SDMB is always fun for help with this. This list is off the top of my head… _L.E.G.I.O.N. ('89-R.E.B.E.L.S.'94)_: Grok Grok-Bokker Feetal’s Giz(zard) _Legion of Superheroes_: (Sacred/Bloody) Liberty Nykx Grife Sprock Nass Nass-Head _Farscape_: Frell Dren _Battlestar Galactica_: Frak Felgercarb (or is it Feldercarb?) _Firefly_: Gorram _Elfquest_: Puckernuts ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-compendium-of-fictional-malediction/332222/2 "2005-11-22T08:16:59Z")
Totally forgot Red Dwarf, \>\_\> So…_Red Dwarf_: Smeg Smeg-head Gimboid ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-compendium-of-fictional-malediction/332222/3 "2005-11-22T08:31:00Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > Smeg > Smeg-head > Gimboid Yes? You forgot “goit”. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-compendium-of-fictional-malediction/332222/4 "2005-11-22T08:33:35Z")
Yes I did. _adds it to the list_ ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-compendium-of-fictional-malediction/332222/5 "2005-11-23T04:31:19Z")
Another I just remembered… _Larry Niven’s Known Space_: Tanj (This is also my one bump before letting the thread die. _snif_) ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-compendium-of-fictional-malediction/332222/6 "2005-11-23T04:44:52Z")
You may enjoy…[Favorite Fictional Swear Words](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=167296) ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-compendium-of-fictional-malediction/332222/7 "2005-11-23T04:54:11Z")
A couple of non-canonical Klingon curses (from the novel _The Final Reflection_) that I’ve found incorporated into my own vocabulary are _g’dyaht_ (substitute for “damn” or “goddamn”) and _kest_ (substitute for “fuck”). ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-compendium-of-fictional-malediction/332222/8 "2005-11-23T04:57:43Z")
Funny, I even participated in that one. \>\_\> Ah, well, that does help my list, and if we can come up with more we can continue the idea here, anyhow. ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-compendium-of-fictional-malediction/332222/9 "2005-11-23T05:16:48Z")
Shazbot ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-compendium-of-fictional-malediction/332222/10 "2005-11-23T05:48:50Z")
From the _Sten_ series : “Drakh”, meaning excrement. From the _Spellsong Cycle_ : “Dissonance”, as in to opposite of Harmony. From the Pern books : “Shards”, referring to broken eggs possibly. Also from the _Sten_ series : “By my mother’s beard” and “By my fathers frozen buttocks”, along with “Your mother had no beard and your father had no buttocks”. These are from the Bhorr, basically alien Vikings/traders. From _Sheepfarmer’s Daughter_ : “Pargsli spakin i tokko”; it means “Jacks-hole full of soured witches’ milk”. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-compendium-of-fictional-malediction/332222/11 "2005-11-23T05:53:20Z")
> [@Der Trihs](#): > > Also from the _Sten_ series : “By my mother’s beard” and “By my fathers frozen buttocks”, along with “Your mother had no beard and your father had no buttocks”. Those are just bloody beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-compendium-of-fictional-malediction/332222/12 "2005-11-23T06:00:19Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > Those are just bloody beautiful. The Bhorr are fun characters. 🙂