# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![TGWATY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@TGWATY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TGWATY)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-swear-words/159126/101 "2003-03-07T18:04:05Z")
W. C. Fields was a fountain of faux swearing. One of his most used was “Godfrey Daniels!” Say it like “God-DAMN-it!” and you’ll see why. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-swear-words/159126/102 "2003-03-07T19:44:14Z")
BTW, Muttley’s under-his-breath curse was (to the best of my knowledge): > [@](#): > > Rock’m, Sock’m, Razzle Frazzis! ---
**Author:** ![FisherQueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@FisherQueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FisherQueen)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-swear-words/159126/103 "2003-03-07T22:12:35Z")
Harry Harrison uses “bowb” throughout the “Bill, the Galactic Hero” series. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2003, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-swear-words/159126/104 "2003-03-08T19:30:41Z")
And now I remember “jhup” and “bleb” in Samuel Delany’s _Empire Star_ … which are not only swearwords, but kind of a plot point, too. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2003, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-swear-words/159126/105 "2003-03-08T20:14:58Z")
How could we forget Yosemete Sam? Rassin’ frassin’ varmint. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2003, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-swear-words/159126/106 "2003-03-08T20:27:33Z")
“Nadafinga!” from A Christmas Story “Great Googily-moogily!” from Snickers commercial ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2003, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-swear-words/159126/107 "2003-03-08T21:55:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Steve Wright \* > \*\*Tomingan curse word, from _The Vortex Blasters_, aka _Masters of the Vortex_, “Doc” Smith. > > Is this the first mention of “Doc” Smith in this thread? Klono’s tungsten teeth and curving carballoy claws! > > Oh … and for the _true_ cognoscenti … “Mrifk!” 😃 \*\* Give the man a cigar, or rather an Alsakanite cigarette. By Klono’s gadolinium guts! I give up - what is ‘Mrifk’? If it is a E.E. Smith reference, it must be from the Family D’Alembert series, which I have not read all of. Every other work from the master I have read and own. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Mephisto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@Mephisto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mephisto)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2003, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-swear-words/159126/108 "2003-03-08T22:02:04Z")
Some of the cuss words in _A Clockwork Orange_ were pretty cool. Yarbles and all that cal. Wish I had the book handy so I could pick out some of the more interesting comments made by Alex and his droogs. ---
**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 8, 2003, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-swear-words/159126/109 "2003-03-08T23:03:56Z")
Sufferin’ Succotash! Holy Guacamole! ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2003, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-swear-words/159126/110 "2003-03-08T23:08:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Shodan \* > \*\*Give the man a cigar, or rather an Alsakanite cigarette. > > By Klono’s gadolinium guts! > > I give up - what is ‘Mrifk’? If it is a E.E. Smith reference, it must be from the Family D’Alembert series, which I have not read all of. Every other work from the master I have read and own. > > Regards, > Shodan \*\* Let’s not blame Smith, or even Stephen Goldin, for “Mrifk”. It’s the favourite oath of Grignr the Ecordian, in “The Eye of Argon”. It’s the sort of thing you would say if you were suddenly surprised by a giant, many-fauceted scarlet emerald. ---
**Author:** ![DarkJudicator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@DarkJudicator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarkJudicator)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2003, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-swear-words/159126/111 "2003-03-09T00:23:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mephisto \* > Some of the cuss words in _A Clockwork Orange_ were pretty cool. Yarbles and all that cal. Wish I had the book handy so I could pick out some of the more interesting comments made by Alex and his droogs. [Nadsat Dictionary.](http://soomka.com/nadsat.html) Nobody’s mentioned “Zark off!” and “Holy Zarquon!” from the HHGTTG books yet? ---
**Author:** ![Mephisto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@Mephisto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mephisto)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2003, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-swear-words/159126/112 "2003-03-09T00:56:13Z")
Thanks, **DarkJudicator**. That site’s a polezny mesto, indeedy-deed. Real horrorshow. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Skott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Skott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skott)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2003, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-swear-words/159126/113 "2003-03-09T02:01:19Z")
“Suck an elf!” is my favorite, from [The 10th Kingdom](http://us.imdb.com/Quotes?0207275). I choked on whatever I was drinking because I misheard it the first time… ---
**Author:** ![Fionn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fionn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fionn)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2003, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-swear-words/159126/114 "2003-03-09T02:01:42Z")
“-ing” from Terry Pratchett’s _The Truth_ ---
**Author:** ![Gerome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85e7bf/32.png) [@Gerome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gerome)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2003, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-swear-words/159126/115 "2003-03-09T06:48:15Z")
Thundering typhoons! Blistering barnacles! ---
**Author:** ![El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Elvis_Rojo)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2003, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-swear-words/159126/116 "2003-03-09T12:11:32Z")
It’s an expression, like “Great God Almighty.” It’s “Grab Billy Nuggets!” ---
**Author:** ![Zonyx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a183cd/32.png) [@Zonyx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zonyx)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-swear-words/159126/117 "2005-01-19T09:47:27Z")
Craptacular by Bart Simpson. Cracks me right up. ---
**Author:** ![Zonyx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a183cd/32.png) [@Zonyx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zonyx)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-swear-words/159126/118 "2005-01-19T09:53:52Z")
And I just remembered. Possibly the most potent swear word I’ve ever come across. Hard to spell though. Nyee!!! As in the knights who say nyee. ---
**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:** [January 19, 2005, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-swear-words/159126/119 "2005-01-19T10:07:26Z")
“Abro hakmo astab!” Now let’s see someone place _that_ one. ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-swear-words/159126/120 "2005-01-19T13:13:16Z")
A lot of my favorites have already been mentioned. I’ll throw in the creative use of ‘Finagle’ from some of Larry Niven’s books, especially ringworld. " (Finagle’s heavy hand!!!) Also, in ‘Firefly’ didn’t the characters often just slip into chinese to swear a blue streak? (Without the fox censors being able to do much about it LOL.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-swear-words/159126.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-swear-words/159126.md?page=7)