# Suggest a Humorous Euphemism (kid-friendly too, please!) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 16, 2015, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-humorous-euphemism-kid-friendly-too-please/717861 "2015-04-16T20:09:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [April 17, 2015, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-humorous-euphemism-kid-friendly-too-please/717861/41 "2015-04-17T18:20:26Z")
Do you speak Jive? If so, “Golly” is a nice all-purpose word. (from Airplane: a character says “shit” but it is subtitled “Golly”). ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2015, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-humorous-euphemism-kid-friendly-too-please/717861/42 "2015-04-17T19:44:31Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Rats! > That’s it - pure and simple. Helpful if you grit your teeth and throw a mock swing while you say it, or snap your fingers. Sometimes I do let out a well-placed “Blast!” but it’s usually when I am faux-angry, in memory of my sweet mom who used it. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2015, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-humorous-euphemism-kid-friendly-too-please/717861/43 "2015-04-17T21:15:19Z")
Just pick some random words in German. Most of it sounds like swearing. Schmetterling! Brustwarze! Hauptbahnhof! ---
**Author:** ![Reepicheep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@Reepicheep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reepicheep)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2015, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-humorous-euphemism-kid-friendly-too-please/717861/44 "2015-04-18T07:42:48Z")
midden mist ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2015, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-humorous-euphemism-kid-friendly-too-please/717861/45 "2015-04-18T09:01:55Z")
Can’t improve on Walt Kelley: [**Rowrbazzle!**](http://whirledofkelly.blogspot.com/2012/09/rowrbazzle-to-freshen-mind.html) (ETA: Surprised that [Post #30](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=18295218#post18295218) doesn’t mention it. 😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2015, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-humorous-euphemism-kid-friendly-too-please/717861/46 "2015-04-18T10:37:35Z")
Since ‘determining’ (ie: deciding) that the ‘ugg/uck’ sound is the naughtiest sound around, I’ve taken to using ‘mugglesnuggler’/‘mugglesnuggling’ as my go-to non-swear. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2015, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-humorous-euphemism-kid-friendly-too-please/717861/47 "2015-04-18T14:40:40Z")
> [@](#): > > I’ve taken to using ‘mugglesnuggler’/‘mugglesnuggling’ as my go-to non-swear. I’d have thought most Harry Potter fans would understand that to mean being unduly affectionate to rather boring people. > [@](#): > > Just pick some random words in German. As it happens, I’m reading a German crime story which is coming up with some interesting new words for me - how about \*Rotzlöffel \*(it actually means an annoyingly know-it-all young person who is still wet behind the ears; literally translates as “snot-spoon”) _Korinthenkacker_ (means someone who gets up everyone’s nose by being obsessed with nitpicking and irrelevant details, and gets in the way of whatever it is you’re trying to do - the kind of boss who times your visits to the loo and keeps a mental note of every minute of lateness; literally translates as “raisin-crapper”) ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2015, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-humorous-euphemism-kid-friendly-too-please/717861/48 "2015-04-18T14:47:54Z")
Honest to Pete! ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2015, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-humorous-euphemism-kid-friendly-too-please/717861/49 "2015-04-19T01:29:39Z")
Jiminy Christmas! ---
**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2015, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-humorous-euphemism-kid-friendly-too-please/717861/50 "2015-04-19T02:34:01Z")
Bugger! Although it’s actually more profane in the UK than it is here, so if you’re planning any overseas trips, be careful. ---
**Author:** ![Vaevictis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f04885/32.png) [@Vaevictis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vaevictis)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2015, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-humorous-euphemism-kid-friendly-too-please/717861/51 "2015-04-19T02:39:05Z")
I’d say 'Godamnit!" Blasphemy charge is harder to prove… it could be Jewish, Islamic or Zorastrian as well as Christian. And with all those false idols, who can really be sure the god being blasphemed is real? Now the hard-core thing is to figure out how to spell it right. But if it is just for spoken use I guess you get my idea. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2015, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-humorous-euphemism-kid-friendly-too-please/717861/52 "2015-04-19T02:49:38Z")
> [@Octarine](#): > > Bugger! Although it’s actually more profane in the UK than it is here, so if you’re planning any overseas trips, be careful. I’ve recently been using “bugger” on this board a bit, in phrases like “buggered if I know”. Mostly because I feel like I’m getting away with something, and I’m a cheeky and naughty little boy about things like that. “Oh, [nonreproductive sexual act, also called sodomy, usually referring to anal sex or bestiality] it!” (Did the adults notice? _Looks around._ Nope. Tee-hee! Let’s go again.) “Oh, [nonreproductive sexual act, also called sodomy, usually referring to anal sex or bestiality] it to heck!” * * * So, yeah, I know, I should probably just stop doing that. (Also, it’s not really very nice to sodomites, is it? Heck, some of my best friends are sodomites. I should be more considerate.) ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2015, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-humorous-euphemism-kid-friendly-too-please/717861/53 "2015-04-19T03:30:28Z")
I like what Moone Boy says: “Oh balls!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-humorous-euphemism-kid-friendly-too-please/717861.md?page=2)