I recently picked up “Boo-URNS” from some friends.
A brother of a friend of mine used to say “Fakalofa lahi atu”, which is a greeting in Niuean.
I say “Darn” or “Garn”, which I picked it up after reading ‘Pygmalion’ in English class. Watching Run Lola Run (also in English class) got me into German swearing. And I like “Zounds!”, which I got from Shakespeare.
spookles!!!
When I’m driving, and somebody else does something obnoxious, I yell “Monkey humper!” at the other driver.
You’re pronouncing it “zoondz” and not “zowndz,” right? Because it’s short for “God’s wounds.”
Of course I’m doing it right. They have all the unusual words with their meaning and pronounciation listed in the back of the book, and I like going through and reading them all thoroughly, which is how I picked it up in the first place.
I picked up Bollocks from my English boss. Very versatile and hardly anybody here knows what it means.
I also use “mortar forker”. I saw a highlight clip on ESPN many years ago where a race horse had that name and the announcer at the track kept saying “mortar forker”.
I also use “fargin bastage”, from Johnny Dangerously.
A few summers ago I worked at a summer camp. Our fake cussword of choice was…
“Martha Stewart!”
Which could be ammended to “Martha Cotton Pickin’ Stewart!” when a larger exclaimation was needed, or a simple “Martha” in place of a weaker epithet. To this day I still say these (and get mocked ruthlessly).
No insult intended. I was just checking, given that I’ve heard even experienced actors say “zownds,” or pronounce “madam” as “m-Dam” or “sirrah” as “s-Rah.”
In my world, “hand me that fking screwdriver" has been replaced by, “hand me that magnificent screwdriver”.
or
"Look for the (whatever) in that G*ddned drawer” becomes, “look for the (whatever) in that magnificent drawer”.
