# Juno's cunt! What slang/swearing has historical/fantasy fiction taught you? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 23, 2008, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/junos-cunt-what-slang-swearing-has-historical-fantasy-fiction-taught-you/450360 "2008-05-23T14:31:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [May 24, 2008, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/junos-cunt-what-slang-swearing-has-historical-fantasy-fiction-taught-you/450360/41 "2008-05-24T03:13:43Z")
[QUOTE=Offkenter] Which album was that? I didn’t know that they had done that. It sounds awesome! [/QUOTE] It originally appeared in a live version, intermingled with other material, on _Not Insane_ in 1972. It was later expanded to full album length and released as a studio LP under the title _Shakespeare’s Lost Comedie_, and finally released in a slightly further expanded form on CD as _Anythynge You Want To_. I personally like the (somewhat chaotic) live version best. ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/junos-cunt-what-slang-swearing-has-historical-fantasy-fiction-taught-you/450360/42 "2008-05-24T03:34:36Z")
I’ve been known to let flee with the occasional “God’s Cock!” when appropriate. Not from a fantasy, but Stephen Fry’s _The Hippopotamus_ ---
**Author:** ![Khampelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Khampelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khampelf)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/junos-cunt-what-slang-swearing-has-historical-fantasy-fiction-taught-you/450360/43 "2008-05-24T05:08:34Z")
I’ve been known to say ‘Hail Eris’ in public. I also often wish people ‘GodSpeed.’ But never while listening to GodSmack. That could be dangerous. Kills Actors, you know. ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/junos-cunt-what-slang-swearing-has-historical-fantasy-fiction-taught-you/450360/44 "2008-05-24T06:10:29Z")
Damn, I missed the memo that we can say “cunt” in CS. SSG Schwartz Removed the “c-word” SSG S ---
**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:** [May 24, 2008, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/junos-cunt-what-slang-swearing-has-historical-fantasy-fiction-taught-you/450360/45 "2008-05-24T10:05:11Z")
[QUOTE=Czarcasm] From Wonder Woman comes one of my favorites-_Suffering Sappho!_. [/QUOTE] Considering that William Moulton Marston, creator of WW, was deeply into S&M/bondage, & lived with 2 bisexual women who were as well, “Suffering Sappho” may be an “in” joke. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/junos-cunt-what-slang-swearing-has-historical-fantasy-fiction-taught-you/450360/46 "2008-05-24T10:31:38Z")
[QUOTE=SSG Schwartz] Damn, I missed the memo that we can say “cunt” in CS. SSG Schwartz Removed the “c-word” SSG S [/QUOTE] I am not a mod, but it was once explained to me that there is no rule prohibiting swearing - only name-calling. ---
**Author:** ![Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abby_Emma_Sasha)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/junos-cunt-what-slang-swearing-has-historical-fantasy-fiction-taught-you/450360/47 "2008-05-24T11:41:47Z")
This is not historical, but a line from a recent movie. In _The Inside Man_ after Jodie Foster fingers Christopher Plummer as ```php a nazi sympathizer ``` he calls her a “magnificent cunt”. I love that. Magnificent cunt, I wish I were that worthy. ---
**Author:** ![Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abby_Emma_Sasha)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/junos-cunt-what-slang-swearing-has-historical-fantasy-fiction-taught-you/450360/48 "2008-05-24T11:45:39Z")
Now, see, one of the reasons I cannot be a magnificent cunt is I have no idea how to do spoilers. I looked but found no button to help me. ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/junos-cunt-what-slang-swearing-has-historical-fantasy-fiction-taught-you/450360/49 "2008-05-24T11:52:47Z")
[QUOTE=Abby\_Emma\_Sasha] Now, see, one of the reasons I cannot be a magnificent cunt is I have no idea how to do spoilers. I looked but found no button to help me. [/QUOTE] Try [spoiler] whatever you want to put in the spoiler box [/spoiler], removing the spaces between the brackets and the “spoiler” or “/spoiler” word. Ever since I heard Ajax exclaim “By the Hand of Zeus, what manner of Deviltry is this?” in _Duckman_, I’ve been searching for an appropriate situation in which to use it real life. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abby_Emma_Sasha)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/junos-cunt-what-slang-swearing-has-historical-fantasy-fiction-taught-you/450360/50 "2008-05-24T11:58:49Z")
I did not know that ---
**Author:** ![Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abby_Emma_Sasha)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/junos-cunt-what-slang-swearing-has-historical-fantasy-fiction-taught-you/450360/51 "2008-05-24T12:33:52Z")
To **Martini Enfield** I appreciate your help but I do wish the Dope were more like TwoP in that they can click a link to do spoilers. ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/junos-cunt-what-slang-swearing-has-historical-fantasy-fiction-taught-you/450360/52 "2008-05-24T12:37:37Z")
[QUOTE=Abby\_Emma\_Sasha] To **Martini Enfield** I appreciate your help but I do wish the Dope were more like TwoP in that they can click a link to do spoilers. [/QUOTE] Glad to help, and I agree with you that it would be helpful to have a one-click “spoiler” UBB code button the way we do for weblinks, quotes, and smileys. Maybe in the next upgrade? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/junos-cunt-what-slang-swearing-has-historical-fantasy-fiction-taught-you/450360/53 "2008-05-24T14:03:00Z")
I picked up “bollocks” from, I think, Dickens. I picked up a “Od’s little boddikins” out of the OED, when using the compact edition for Fictionary. Which is also where I got “gadzookers.” ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2008, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/junos-cunt-what-slang-swearing-has-historical-fantasy-fiction-taught-you/450360/54 "2008-05-25T03:15:27Z")
[QUOTE=Baker] What? No love for “frell”? Or “felgergarb”? [/QUOTE] nitpick: It’s “felgercarb.” And it’s one of my favorite swear-word substitutes. I’ve also been fond of “shazbot!” ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2008, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/junos-cunt-what-slang-swearing-has-historical-fantasy-fiction-taught-you/450360/55 "2008-05-25T05:39:45Z")
“Touching Cloth” ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2008, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/junos-cunt-what-slang-swearing-has-historical-fantasy-fiction-taught-you/450360/56 "2008-05-25T14:26:36Z")
Belgium ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2008, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/junos-cunt-what-slang-swearing-has-historical-fantasy-fiction-taught-you/450360/57 "2008-05-25T19:10:04Z")
“Crazy as Frith up a tree (or in a barn)” from Watership Down “Oh, my duck!” and “They knew not their holes from an ass on the ground,” from Firesign Theater Does Perry White still say, “Great Caesar’s Ghost”? “Jumpin’ Jehosaphat!” “Busy, busy, busy,” Bokonon, in Cat’s Cradle ---
**Author:** ![Cheez\_Whia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2008, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/junos-cunt-what-slang-swearing-has-historical-fantasy-fiction-taught-you/450360/58 "2008-05-26T13:45:37Z")
“Merlin’s beard!” from Harry Potter. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/junos-cunt-what-slang-swearing-has-historical-fantasy-fiction-taught-you/450360/59 "2008-05-27T11:55:47Z")
> [@](#): > > Does Perry White still say, “Great Caesar’s Ghost”? I was surprised to find “By the Great Ceasar’s Ghost, I believe you!” in Mark Twain’s **Life on the Mississippi**. He puts it in the mouth of pilot Horace Bixby, who was real, and thwe story is autobiograophical, so I assume it probably really was one of Bixby’s expressions. I first learned of it from Pwerry White, of course, but this seems to be the case of an expression that really was in common use (at least at one time) and not made up by the writers at DC. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/junos-cunt-what-slang-swearing-has-historical-fantasy-fiction-taught-you/450360/60 "2008-05-27T18:14:32Z")
“Godsfuck!” - from Thomas Berger’s _Arthur Rex_ “Oh, bugger!” - _Pirates of the Caribbean_ (but no one can say it just like Capt. Jack Sparrow…) “Rape it!” - _The Mote in God’s Eye_ “By Grabthar’s hammer!” - _Galaxy Quest_ “Mebs!” - “The Coneheads,” SNL “Judas Priest, Frank!” - _Hill Street Blues_ (best said with an air of disgusted resignation, as Lt. Howard Hunter so often did) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/junos-cunt-what-slang-swearing-has-historical-fantasy-fiction-taught-you/450360.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/junos-cunt-what-slang-swearing-has-historical-fantasy-fiction-taught-you/450360.md?page=4)