# Drokk! It's A Sneckin' SF Swearing Thread, Gorram It! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 15, 2007, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drokk-its-a-sneckin-sf-swearing-thread-gorram-it/396097 "2007-03-15T22:51:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drokk-its-a-sneckin-sf-swearing-thread-gorram-it/396097/21 "2007-03-16T01:35:08Z")
[QUOTE=Scissorjack] From the thread title, “Drokk!” is Judge Dredd’s favourite expletive [/QUOTE] He used to like “Stomm!” for a while. But now it’s as dead as der cucumber. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drokk-its-a-sneckin-sf-swearing-thread-gorram-it/396097/22 "2007-03-16T01:37:45Z")
“Frast” is from the novel **Staroamer’s Fate** 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drokk-its-a-sneckin-sf-swearing-thread-gorram-it/396097/23 "2007-03-16T02:02:57Z")
Maybe you berks’ll latch the bonebox for a spell and hark some cant? On second thought, bar that–you addle-coves think there’s more out there than Planescape, with your “Red Dwarf” and “Klingons.” Buncha barmies. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drokk-its-a-sneckin-sf-swearing-thread-gorram-it/396097/24 "2007-03-16T02:05:39Z")
[QUOTE=RealityChuck] “Frast” is from the novel **Staroamer’s Fate** 😉 [/QUOTE] Never heard of it, is it any good? Who wrote it? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drokk-its-a-sneckin-sf-swearing-thread-gorram-it/396097/25 "2007-03-16T02:08:37Z")
[QUOTE=Scissorjack] Now how about some sources? [/QUOTE] “Gorram” is from Firefly. I always assumed it was a contraction of “goddamn,” but I may be wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drokk-its-a-sneckin-sf-swearing-thread-gorram-it/396097/26 "2007-03-16T02:14:32Z")
[QUOTE=Tengu] All mine are from DC comics [/QUOTE] What a poozer. “Sheeting hole” and “whaledreck” are from John Brunner’s **Stand on Zanzibar**. ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drokk-its-a-sneckin-sf-swearing-thread-gorram-it/396097/27 "2007-03-16T02:21:27Z")
Not SF, but I’ve always been impressed by “Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!” out of _Watership Down_. Translated out of the original Rabbit, it’s pretty strong language for what’s basically a cutesy kid’s story. (A very good kid’s story, but even so.) From the glossary given in the book, it translates exactly as "Forage droppings, you odiferous leader! or, in the common language, “Eat shit, you stinking tyrant!” ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drokk-its-a-sneckin-sf-swearing-thread-gorram-it/396097/28 "2007-03-16T02:21:45Z")
[QUOTE=GuanoLad] He used to like “Stomm!” for a while. But now it’s as dead as der cucumber. [/QUOTE] And “Grud!”. My favourite 2000AD expletive, though, was always Robohunter’s “Snut!” - which Alan Grant was forbidden to use by the publishers because it sounded too much like a _real_ obscenity. ---
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drokk-its-a-sneckin-sf-swearing-thread-gorram-it/396097/29 "2007-03-16T04:42:00Z")
Ferkit! (From a bunch of annoying aliens in Moorcock’s _Dancers at the End of Time_ series.) ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drokk-its-a-sneckin-sf-swearing-thread-gorram-it/396097/30 "2007-03-16T04:51:29Z")
[QUOTE=NoCoolUserName] By Klono’s own gadolinium guts, you scum will be eaten by Noshabkeming the Radiant! Or maybe by Holy—Klono’s—Iridium—Intestines! [/QUOTE] QX. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drokk-its-a-sneckin-sf-swearing-thread-gorram-it/396097/31 "2007-03-16T04:55:06Z")
Bastiche is one I recall from Judge Dredd many a moon ago. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drokk-its-a-sneckin-sf-swearing-thread-gorram-it/396097/32 "2007-03-16T06:04:44Z")
Let’s see if I get this right… _Abro hakmo astab!_ ---
**Author:** ![Largo62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drokk-its-a-sneckin-sf-swearing-thread-gorram-it/396097/33 "2007-03-16T07:09:50Z")
Amazing! And I thought Ebonics was confusing! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drokk-its-a-sneckin-sf-swearing-thread-gorram-it/396097/34 "2007-03-16T07:17:43Z")
You cannot pass, flame of Udun! Wait that’s not SF… shit… ok think fast… Fuck I cant think of anything. Well so long, and thanks for all the fish. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drokk-its-a-sneckin-sf-swearing-thread-gorram-it/396097/35 "2007-03-16T07:36:35Z")
“Crutting glub!” is from Cordwainer Smith’s **Norstrilia**. And of course there’s Doctor Lazarus’ oath from Galaxy Quest, usually muttered grudgingly by Alan Rickman: “By Grabthar’s hammer! By the suns of Warvan!” Never have I seen such savings. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drokk-its-a-sneckin-sf-swearing-thread-gorram-it/396097/36 "2007-03-16T08:33:33Z")
Mu Zein Wallah! Love this bit of _Dune_ lingo with the “reflexive ending”- “No good, never good, good for nothing!” _Noy Jitat!_ From obscure H-B series _The Pirates of Darkwater_. Man, I loved that show… ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drokk-its-a-sneckin-sf-swearing-thread-gorram-it/396097/37 "2007-03-16T09:40:58Z")
Great Ceasar’s ghost! ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drokk-its-a-sneckin-sf-swearing-thread-gorram-it/396097/38 "2007-03-16T09:57:33Z")
And likening anyone to a _sthondat_ (which _I’ve_ spelled correctly 🙂 ) is fighting talk in Kzin. Which, if you happen to be wandering around Larry Niven’s Known Space and bump into an eight-foot-tall sentient felinoid, may save your life. What a _sthondat_ may be is never adequately explained, but it’s probably a particularly vile animal. Of course, you can perfectly well get into trouble with kzinti without needing to swear. Just address one who has a personal name by his job title and it’s scream and leap time, even if he’s an old friend. (Louis Wu knew better than to call Chmeee “Speaker-To-Animals”, even though he was struggling to remember his right name.) ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drokk-its-a-sneckin-sf-swearing-thread-gorram-it/396097/39 "2007-03-16T10:25:40Z")
“Meega, nala kwishta!” I haven’t a clue what it means, but it makes Robots throw up and and alien lifeforms gasp in horror or faint dead away. ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drokk-its-a-sneckin-sf-swearing-thread-gorram-it/396097/40 "2007-03-16T10:31:32Z")
[QUOTE=Stranger On A Train] Does the gratuitious use of the word “belgium” count? Stranger [/QUOTE] Great Zarking Fardwarks! Can you use that kind of language in here? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drokk-its-a-sneckin-sf-swearing-thread-gorram-it/396097.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drokk-its-a-sneckin-sf-swearing-thread-gorram-it/396097.md?page=3)