# G-Rated Ejaculations **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 16, 2005, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/g-rated-ejaculations/308520 "2005-06-16T11:48:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/g-rated-ejaculations/308520/1 "2005-06-16T11:48:22Z")
Now that I’ve got your attention, you perv … 😛 [ul] [li]“Good Lord” – Used for mild surprise – “Really? They moved that _back_ a week in the schedule? Good lord, they _never_ give us _more_ time”[/li][li]“Phooey” – Indicates moderate distress or annoyance – “Phooey, I broke a nail opening that box”; “Phooey, I forgot to call the eye doctor” (which reminds me…)[/li][li]“Geez Louise” – extreme surprise (upon exiting the building where I work and seeing a car on fire 50 feet way, I exclaimed “Geez Louise, look at that!”) or moderate anger (“Geez Louise, I’m really tired of correcting that mistake that you’ve made a half-dozen times before”)[/li][li]“Geez freakin’ Louise!” – extreme wrath. “Geez freakin’ Louise, Arthur, you’ve been working her _how_ long and you don’t know where we keep the extra scotch tape?” (You’d have to know Arthur to know why I snapped)[/li][/ul] What are yours? Ejaculate away, my friends… ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/g-rated-ejaculations/308520/2 "2005-06-16T13:45:43Z")
Bugger (doesn’t mean anything to Americans 😃 ) Durn ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/g-rated-ejaculations/308520/3 "2005-06-16T13:47:06Z")
“Bad Word” (really. I think that was a quote from Dave Barry and I’ve made it my own; it’s one of the things I yelled when my daughter was born via c-section and the anesthesia didn’t _quite_ work). “Crap”. OK, maybe that’s more PG. “Gosh”. My son was encouraged to say this by his babysitter, as an alternative to “God Dammit” :o “Oedipus Rex!” said by Papa Zappa when I related seeing a car coming in my direction, on the wrong side of a 4-lane divided road (the car turned before it got to me). I guess that one is teetering between PG and PG13. “Holy Moley!”. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/g-rated-ejaculations/308520/4 "2005-06-16T13:55:48Z")
dang, darn, goshdarn, goldarn, etc. A work buddy made me laugh until I cried saying “goddang” one day while working on something. I figure he didn’t understand the substitution concept. ---
**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/g-rated-ejaculations/308520/5 "2005-06-16T13:56:11Z")
I always loved the one from the movie _Evolution_: “Great googa-mooga!” My grandmother, in situations of frustration would always exclaim, “God bless America!” She would always snap, “God bless it!” if she pinched her finger or something like that, clearly meaning the opposite. ---
**Author:** ![NajaNivea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NajaNivea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaNivea)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/g-rated-ejaculations/308520/6 "2005-06-16T14:00:04Z")
In the tradition of the great Snidely Whiplash… “curses!” Often accompanied by “foiled again!” ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/g-rated-ejaculations/308520/7 "2005-06-16T14:01:01Z")
Shoot, I had something to add to this freakin’ thread. ---
**Author:** ![Glassy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ea666f/32.png) [@Glassy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glassy)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/g-rated-ejaculations/308520/8 "2005-06-16T14:07:55Z")
I knew a genteel southern lady who would say “Shoot fire to save matches.” Cracked me up. ---
**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/g-rated-ejaculations/308520/9 "2005-06-16T14:08:26Z")
_Kumbaya!_ Thank you, Eek the Cat. My favorite expression of mild surprise. _Holy cats!_ For stronger surprise. I don’t know why I say it, but it’s usually what pops out. Slightly cooler than _holy cow,_ I guess. _Crimeny!_ Good for anything from weariness to strong annoyance. _Sweet Jesus and Baby Jesus!_ I don’t mean _Sweet Jesus!_ and _Baby Jesus!_. It’s _Sweet Jesus and Baby Jesus!_ Mildy blasphemous, I suppose, but a hi-larious expression of (mock) surprise. _Sweet merciful crap!_ Also mildly blasphemous, but towards what? A good stand-in when you’re truly disgusted but you can’t let loose with the blue streak. _Oh, for Pete’s sake!_ Mild irritation. I likes it, 'cause it doesn’t make any sense. Who’s Pete? St. Peter, I assume? What are we doing, or being enjoined to do, for Pete’s sake? Unknown. ---
**Author:** ![Jurph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@Jurph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurph)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/g-rated-ejaculations/308520/10 "2005-06-16T15:08:49Z")
I would say these are probably more PG than G, but who knows? Say them in front of your Indigo Child and see what happens! “Jeez-O-Pete!” - This little gem infected by brain while I was stationed in Dayton Ohio “Sonofa!” - All one word, no need to tack “bitch” on the end. “Mother pus bucket!” - The kids _will_ repeat this one at school, and they _will_ get their mouths washed out. Then you can have the ACLU sue on their behalf. “Eff that!” - definitely off-color, but easy enough to explain away with “forget” “Monkey boogers!” - the same inflection as Marcellus Wallace’s choice epithet from _Pulp Fiction_. “Fewmets!” - spoor or other animal leftovers taken as proof that one is tracking the right beast. A new way to say “poop”. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/g-rated-ejaculations/308520/11 "2005-06-16T15:50:30Z")
“Gor blimey” “Strewth” “Bloody Norra” “Flippin’ 'eck” “Dratt it” “Gordon Bennit” ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/g-rated-ejaculations/308520/12 "2005-06-16T16:00:52Z")
FerTheLoveOfMike… Yikes Zoinks Great Googly Moogly. For Crying Out Loud. darn it. Dang it. Fuck. oops. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/g-rated-ejaculations/308520/13 "2005-06-16T16:08:20Z")
Great Caesar’s Ghost! (Did Perry White invent this, or was it an oldie that he happened to use?) ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/g-rated-ejaculations/308520/14 "2005-06-16T16:13:23Z")
I am officially a deviant. I thought this thread was about someone getting off to a Disney flick. need an embarassed smiley here. How about “my land!” or “landsakes!” I knew a 4 y/o who preferred “oh, bother” from Pooh. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/g-rated-ejaculations/308520/15 "2005-06-16T16:18:09Z")
I use booger, booger nuggets, and boogerhead frequently. I don’t really know why. Also: oh fer cryin’ in the sink poo poopyhead crapola son of a monkey spank horse puckey doodyhead h e double-hockey sticks I would like to add happy-crappy to my vocabulary, now that I think of it. I consider it a challenge to swear creatively, rather than like a truck driver. I think it surprised the heck out of my husband when I broke my tooth eating and swore a blue streak. ---
**Author:** ![Belrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed655f/32.png) [@Belrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belrix)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/g-rated-ejaculations/308520/16 "2005-06-16T16:18:37Z")
_Golly!_ - Usually exclaimed after crushing my finger or running my head into a half-closed garage door (not that I’ve ever done that). _Dang!_ - bemused wonderment, "I don’t know how they thought they could get away with that but, _Dang!_. And, thanks to this thread, you can all sing along with the elves in my head: _Interjections (Hey!) show excitement (Yow!) or emotion (Ouch!). They’re generally set apart from a sentence by an exclamation point, Or by a comma when the feeling’s not as strong._ ---
**Author:** ![UnwrittenNocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/6de8d8/32.png) [@UnwrittenNocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UnwrittenNocturne)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/g-rated-ejaculations/308520/17 "2005-06-16T16:28:14Z")
In addition to the above I would like to add the following. The thing is, I do NOT think they would be G-Rated in the USA. They would be, however, in New Zealand where I came from. Damn Pretty much any ‘blasphemous’ term ---
**Author:** ![Pixisis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@Pixisis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixisis)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/g-rated-ejaculations/308520/18 "2005-06-16T17:33:18Z")
> [@Sage Rat](#): > > Bugger (doesn’t mean anything to Americans 😃 ) > Durn SOME of us know what it means ! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![TwoTrouts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9adbd/32.png) [@TwoTrouts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoTrouts)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/g-rated-ejaculations/308520/19 "2005-06-16T17:35:48Z")
I come from the \*\*Charlie Brown / Peanuts \*\* school of exclamations: _Good Grief!_ and _Rats!_ ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Bird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Little\_Bird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Bird)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/g-rated-ejaculations/308520/20 "2005-06-16T17:46:04Z")
gol_ly!_ or golly-gee gosh-darn or dang Oh my crap! I’m slowly getting back into real swears, but in highschool I worked at an old-folks home where the old folks had ears like deers and I had to get a little creative. I’ve been known to slam my finger in a window then hop around going “golly, golly, golly!” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/g-rated-ejaculations/308520.md?page=2)