# Favorite fictional swear words? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 5, 2003, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-swear-words/159126 "2003-03-05T00:47:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [March 5, 2003, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-swear-words/159126/1 "2003-03-05T00:47:02Z")
Well, here’s an odd poll for y’all…does anyone else have any favorite “fictional” swear words/curse words, as you might find in works of Science-Fiction or Fantasy? [Klingon](http://www.geocities.com/Athens/8853/curse.html), of course, has a large vocabulary dedicated towards (usually untranslatable) profanity, but does anyone have any other favorite “Colorful metaphors”? I think “Firefly” and “Farscape” both had their own curses, but I’ll darned if I can remember what they were. Well, any takers? Ranchoth [Fixed your joojooflop link coding. – MEB] ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-swear-words/159126/2 "2003-03-05T00:48:01Z")
shock, from the 2099 marvel series, before they got ruined and i stopped reading them (coincidentlally, near the time of Spider-clone, which ruined comics for me for good) ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-swear-words/159126/3 "2003-03-05T00:52:19Z")
What the grok is THIS? ---
**Author:** ![Merseybeat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c89c15/32.png) [@Merseybeat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merseybeat)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-swear-words/159126/4 "2003-03-05T00:53:29Z")
“Smeghead” and “Gimboid” from “Red Dwarf”? ---
**Author:** ![Fnoonf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f6c823/32.png) [@Fnoonf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fnoonf)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-swear-words/159126/5 "2003-03-05T01:09:06Z")
“Craplousy,” as uttered by Travolta in **Battlefield Earth**. “Ahh! Craplousy ceiling!” ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-swear-words/159126/6 "2003-03-05T01:23:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Merseybeat \* > \*\*“Smeghead” and “Gimboid” from “Red Dwarf”? \*\* Yes? Oh, right. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-swear-words/159126/7 "2003-03-05T01:26:07Z")
Felgercarb and frack from Battlestar Galactica. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-swear-words/159126/8 "2003-03-05T01:26:44Z")
There’s always “Belgium”. ---
**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 5, 2003, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-swear-words/159126/9 "2003-03-05T01:38:22Z")
tanj – in Larry Niven frast – my own coinage But the best I’ve ever seen was Tim Powers’ use of “sport” in “Dinner at Deviant’s Palace.” ---
**Author:** ![Fibber\_McGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a6a055/32.png) [@Fibber\_McGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fibber_McGee)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-swear-words/159126/10 "2003-03-05T01:49:07Z")
Semprini ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-swear-words/159126/11 "2003-03-05T01:52:37Z")
GREAT KRYPTON!! ---
**Author:** ![Omorka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/50afbb/32.png) [@Omorka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omorka)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-swear-words/159126/12 "2003-03-05T01:53:23Z")
“Hraka,” from **Watership Down** ; also, the rabbit deity-names, Frith and Inle. I took up swearing by them in high school, since my mother didn’t permit me to cuss “for real.” ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-swear-words/159126/13 "2003-03-05T02:15:10Z")
Anybody remember the cartoon series _The Pirates of Dark Water_? They had a good all-purpose swear word, pronounced “Noy-gee-tut!” It also had an adjective form; you could, for example, call someone a “gee-tutin fool.” I remember it because it was my first encounter with fictional profanity 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-swear-words/159126/14 "2003-03-05T02:22:36Z")
Though this is not exactly a fictional swear word, I recall an entertaining use of the word “flip” as a substitute for profanity in a TV broadcast of **Repo Man** , as in: _“Flip you, man!”_ This had the effect of making the movie even more disorienting than usual. There was also that mobster guy Moroni from **Johnny Dangerously** : _“You fargin’ bastich!”_ The comic book **Legion of Superheroes** gradually developed an entire lexicon of profanity for their future superteens to vent in moments of crisis; at the moment I can only recall the word “_Grife!_” I remember how startled I was when I realized one day that these remarks were supposed to be _actual future swear words,_ and the LSH used them a _lot._ They must have been the most foul-mouthed superteam in the galaxy. Another comic book that has charmingly ficticious profanity is **Knights of the Dinner Table** , whose members are apt to express their emotions with such expletives as \*“Firk ding blast!” \*and “_Fwapt!_” ---
**Author:** ![Merseybeat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c89c15/32.png) [@Merseybeat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merseybeat)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-swear-words/159126/15 "2003-03-05T02:26:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Smeghead \* > \*\*Yes? > > Oh, right. \*\* Ooops! Hadn’t noticed a Smeghead here! It’s a good name though. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![brianmelendez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/65b543/32.png) [@brianmelendez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianmelendez)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-swear-words/159126/16 "2003-03-05T03:05:46Z")
“Shazbot!” from Mork and Mindy. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-swear-words/159126/17 "2003-03-05T03:10:23Z")
“Skardash fickrack” and “Bishdawk gratskell plog” both terrible Springer oaths from **Perry Rhodan: The Pseudo One**. It’s been a quarter of a century, and I probably mangled the spelling.) ---
**Author:** ![RawkStah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@RawkStah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RawkStah)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-swear-words/159126/18 "2003-03-05T03:12:56Z")
Lobo’s “Fraggin’ bastich” Using “damn hell ass” as an intensifier, i.e. Bart Simpson’s assertion that they will live like kings. “Damn hell ass kings!” On “South Park”, I’m fond of Butter’s use of “Christmas” as a swear word. On “Mr. Show”, they had some sort of mob movie that was edited for content. Something was overdubbed. I’m not sure what was actually said, but what was heard was “Mother father chinese dentist!” ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-swear-words/159126/19 "2003-03-05T03:25:36Z")
Robert A. Wilson’s _Schroedinger’s Cat Trilogy_ contains a number of alternate-universe swear words, usually using people’s names. a Steinem was a blow job, while Bryanting (from anti-homosexual crusader Anita Bryant) was anal sex. I’ve meant to start a GQ thread to find out who Potter Stewart (fuck) was. ---
**Author:** ![Landshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/77aa72/32.png) [@Landshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Landshark)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-swear-words/159126/20 "2003-03-05T03:26:57Z")
**Farscape** has a couple that I recall. The most common is _frell_, as in “Frell this” or “We’re frelled.” Another is _drenn_ (I think that’s the spelling), as in “What a load of drenn.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-swear-words/159126.md?page=2)