# Say them with me: fudge, spit, witch, bum. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 4, 2002, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-them-with-me-fudge-spit-witch-bum/101734 "2002-04-04T06:28:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-them-with-me-fudge-spit-witch-bum/101734/21 "2002-04-04T17:25:49Z")
Oh, smeg! What the smegging smeg’s he smegging done? He’s smegging killed me! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![CheapBastid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8baadc/32.png) [@CheapBastid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheapBastid)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-them-with-me-fudge-spit-witch-bum/101734/22 "2002-04-04T19:25:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Pipeliner \* > \*\*My favourite phrase from the censored _Repo Man_ is, “Flip you, melon-farmer.” \*\* I’ll second that vote. ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-them-with-me-fudge-spit-witch-bum/101734/23 "2002-04-04T19:48:55Z")
I’m quite fond of _dagnabbit_. I also use _freakin’_ just about every freakin’ time I can’t say the freakin’ F-word.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MrAndrewV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@MrAndrewV](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAndrewV)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-them-with-me-fudge-spit-witch-bum/101734/24 "2002-04-04T19:52:20Z")
A 24 y/o friend of mine is a high school teacher. When she is out drinking it up with me and her other mates she swears like a trooper. She does kung-fu, she punches the bag, shes hardcore! But when she’s in school all of her negative emotions (and she’s a teacher so, there’s alot of them) get funneled into one expletive: “Heavens!” Or when she is reaaaally fucked off: “Heavens Alive!” In my country people tend to swear at each other in languges other than english: Utheta Mtondo! (Xhosa: eat my huge penis! I am afriad the grammar is not entirely correct and only white people ever use it) Jy was uit jou ma’s se gat gebore want sy poes was besig! (Afrikaans: you were not born from your mother’s vagina, you were born from out of her anus because her vagina was just too busy to accomodate you at the time.) Usually shortened to just: “Jou ma se poes.” There are a million variations on this theme. The most bizare being: “Jou ma se pa se neif se niggie!” (Your mother’s father’s nephew’s niece!). And you guys forgot: “Oh sugar!” ---
**Author:** ![Grim\_Beaker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/46a35a/32.png) [@Grim\_Beaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grim_Beaker)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-them-with-me-fudge-spit-witch-bum/101734/25 "2002-04-04T19:55:50Z")
Felgercarb! ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-them-with-me-fudge-spit-witch-bum/101734/26 "2002-04-04T19:58:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jeff Olsen \* > **Oh, smeg! What the smegging smeg’s he smegging done? He’s smegging killed me!** I hate to tell you this, but smeg is actually short for [something really disgusting](http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=smegma). ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-them-with-me-fudge-spit-witch-bum/101734/27 "2002-04-04T20:13:41Z")
Bingdoogit! ---
**Author:** ![Politzania](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3ab097/32.png) [@Politzania](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Politzania)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-them-with-me-fudge-spit-witch-bum/101734/28 "2002-04-04T20:50:26Z")
Here’s some of my fave euphemisms: (is there a better word for these?) Rashafrashin’ Frickafrackin’ Cripes! Crimenetly! Crap! (said with a very nasaly A) Jeeze Louise! Great googly-moogly! Thanks to my high-school Spanish teacher – “chinelas!” She said it means “fuzzy bathroom slippers” and replaces “chingar” or any of its variants. There’s a comedian (Sean Morey?) that does a whole piece on euphemisms (not sure if he got there before Scott Adams or not) Is Jeez the son of Gosh? ---
**Author:** ![WavyDavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3da27b/32.png) [@WavyDavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WavyDavy)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-them-with-me-fudge-spit-witch-bum/101734/29 "2002-04-04T20:56:48Z")
“No good dirty bison raiser” “Cheezz 'n crackers” “needlenose…pliers!” ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-them-with-me-fudge-spit-witch-bum/101734/30 "2002-04-05T01:04:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jjimm \* > \*\*I hate to tell you this, but smeg is actually short for [something really disgusting](http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=smegma). \*\* Hey! I’m not _that_ bad. > [@](#): > > **GOT DANDRUFF AND SOME OF IT ITCHES!** See also: GOT DOWN 'N SAT ON A BENCH!! ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-them-with-me-fudge-spit-witch-bum/101734/31 "2002-04-05T01:41:46Z")
Hehehe. My Grandmother always says “Oh sugar!” and “Oh my Godfather!” or “Oh my goodness!”. My Dad goes with the very Australian “Stone the flamin’ crows!”. ---
**Author:** ![Dragonblink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Dragonblink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragonblink)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-them-with-me-fudge-spit-witch-bum/101734/32 "2002-04-05T01:52:25Z")
I got yelled at by my assistant manager for using the word “frell” within her earshot. How was I s’posed to know she was a Farscape fan? Now I’ve replaced it with smeg, cuz she hasn’t seen Red Dwarf. My strongest non-cussword is currently “Mutha_puss_bucket!” … hmm, are my influences just a bit obvious? ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-them-with-me-fudge-spit-witch-bum/101734/33 "2002-04-05T02:33:48Z")
I’ll say freaking. I’ll say frickin’. I don’t say friggin though. And in the right company I’ll say Mmmmm Kay! ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-them-with-me-fudge-spit-witch-bum/101734/34 "2002-04-05T03:58:05Z")
Flip? Hmmm, I guess as an adjective. As a verb, it’s usually “forget”. I remember on the Simpsons when Krusty wanted the Red Hot Chili Peppers to change some of their lyrics they said “Forget you, clown.” ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-them-with-me-fudge-spit-witch-bum/101734/35 "2002-04-05T05:38:19Z")
“Crumb, crap, crud and corruption!” And I’m really partial to “Rats!” ---
**Author:** ![kuroashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9a140/32.png) [@kuroashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kuroashi)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-them-with-me-fudge-spit-witch-bum/101734/36 "2002-04-05T06:03:19Z")
My uncle got mad at me and sent me to the corner for saying “crud” at the dinner table. :rolleyes: I got “Aw Shi—oot” from my mama, “dog-gonnit” from gramps, I love Col. Potter’s “Horse-hockey,” and I’ve heard lots of people using “renob” but that was my friend and i in 5th grade, saying words backwards. At that time, it was a fun insult to call somebody a “boner” so we switched it around and started saying “renob.” ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-them-with-me-fudge-spit-witch-bum/101734/37 "2002-04-05T11:00:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jjimm \* > \*\*I hate to tell you this, but smeg is actually short for [something really disgusting](http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=smegma). \*\* Grant and Naylor have repeatedly claimed that that wasn’t the origin of the term in _Red Dwarf_, although of course you’re free to believe them or not. For the record, [Smeg](http://www.smeguk.com/) is also a manufacturer of kitchen appliances. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-them-with-me-fudge-spit-witch-bum/101734/38 "2002-04-05T12:00:28Z")
“Golly!” – _Airplane_ Actually, just think Radar O’Reilly and you’ll come up with lots of things. Boy! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-them-with-me-fudge-spit-witch-bum/101734/39 "2002-04-05T16:56:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jjimm \* > \*\*I hate to tell you this, but smeg is actually short for [something really disgusting](http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=smegma). \*\* Yeah, I’m aware of the connection. If not for us Red Dwarf fans, “smeg” would be virtually unknown here in the US. ---
**Author:** ![Anubis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@Anubis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anubis)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2002, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-them-with-me-fudge-spit-witch-bum/101734/40 "2002-04-06T16:13:32Z")
I hear this one a lot: ‘Son of a biscuit eater!’ but it bugs the sugar outta me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-them-with-me-fudge-spit-witch-bum/101734.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-them-with-me-fudge-spit-witch-bum/101734.md?page=3)