# Nerded out on my wife

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerded-out-on-my-wife/745648>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 9, 2016, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerded-out-on-my-wife/745648 "2016-02-09T20:29:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![Sigene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2016, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerded-out-on-my-wife/745648/1 "2016-02-09T20:29:52Z")

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I was intently working on an appliance that wasn’t quite going my way and quietly whispered a curse-word.

“Was that German?” She asked

“No… Battlestar Galactica”

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**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2016, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerded-out-on-my-wife/745648/2 "2016-02-09T20:37:53Z")

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Shiny!

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**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2016, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerded-out-on-my-wife/745648/3 "2016-02-09T21:35:17Z")

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> [@Sigene](#):
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> I was intently working on an appliance that wasn’t quite going my way and quietly whispered a curse-word.
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> “Was that German?” She asked
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> “No… Battlestar Galactica”

Felgercarb?

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**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2016, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerded-out-on-my-wife/745648/4 "2016-02-09T21:53:55Z")

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Frack!

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**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:** [February 9, 2016, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerded-out-on-my-wife/745648/5 "2016-02-09T22:07:48Z")

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I’ll say “felgercarb” sometimes. Other times I’ll let loose with a vehement “Shazbat!”

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2016, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerded-out-on-my-wife/745648/6 "2016-02-09T22:29:34Z")

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Belgium!

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**Author:** ![JerrySTL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e274bd/32.png) [@JerrySTL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerrySTL)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2016, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerded-out-on-my-wife/745648/7 "2016-02-09T22:37:25Z")

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> [@silenus](#):
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> Belgium!

That’s a HHGttG curse word! :eek:

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**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerded-out-on-my-wife/745648/8 "2016-02-10T07:14:54Z")

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I’ve been known to swear in Polish. Specifically, the two Polish words I know.

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**Author:** ![Sigene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerded-out-on-my-wife/745648/9 "2016-02-10T14:59:23Z")

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> [@Robot\_Arm](#):
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> Felgercarb?

Yep, that’s the one…I may start doing it more often