When I get something to work, I’ll often say “thar we goo”, Groundkeeper Willie’s way of saying “there we go”. I have no idea of which episode it’s from.
This is the one I was going to share. I’m glad someone else is keeping the classics alive.
Jumping butterballs!
From the Marx Brothers version if Room Service.
Then there is the classic, “Zoiks!”
I wouldn’t say I’ve adopted it in the sense of using it frequently, but I have occasionally muttered “goats and monkeys,” and gotten funny looks from people. Then I have to explain it’s from Shakespeare, and they nod, and then they give me another, different, funny look.
“What the crap!” from The Crow.
“What the deuce!” from Family Guy.
Me three. It’s a go-to oath when I’m around students or polite society.
“By Grabthar’s Hammer…what a savings”.
The original is less likely to be used in regular conversation. Besides, I like Rickman’s delivery and have been perfecting it over the years.
Thank the fuck Christ. From Bad Santa.
Shazbot. Heavens to murgatroid.
From Antic Hay by Aldous Huxley:
““Hell and death!” said Gumbril Senior in an outburst of Elizabethan fury.”
I’ve always liked “Hell and Death!” ever since I read it in university English and I do often think it and occasionally use it.
I believe he is also responsible for one of my favorites, “Mother of Pearl.” And I believe it’s “Godfrey Daniel” i.e. singular.
I actiully was saying “Judas Priest!” and “Mother PusBucket” before i saw them in entertainment.
Razzlefrazzlesnazzle from some cartoon dog cursing.
“Swell” from Dirty Harry and the 1978 Superman.
Pooh Bum
I don’t remember where I got that from, but it would have been TV or literature. And I was amused by the idea of using ‘naughty words’ instead of naughty words, and I realized that they have the right explosive quality.
Both from The Simpsons:
“What in the name of St. Episiocritus??”
“BY LUCIFER’S BEARD!”
Not a movie but a tv show: “Sweet, fancy Moses!”
I don’t know if Seinfeld is the first place it’s ever been used but that’s where I heard it and I still find it delightful.
Reminds me of the SNL skit with Ray Romano: “Sweet sassy molassey!”
No, I have never said it.
Fawlty Towers counts, right? Because I use this a lot around my students.
“Smeghead!” (Red Dwarf)