# Swear Word Substitutes **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 16, 2023, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swear-word-substitutes/984137 "2023-05-16T22:38:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swear-word-substitutes/984137/21 "2023-05-17T02:11:57Z")
I fall back on Mork from Ork’s classic: “Shazbot!” ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swear-word-substitutes/984137/22 "2023-05-17T02:21:50Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > “Shazbot!” “Nimnul!” ---
**Author:** ![motu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/motu/32/259_2.png) [@motu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/motu)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swear-word-substitutes/984137/23 "2023-05-17T02:31:06Z")
Acquired from a young priest in Catholic high school, “God Bless it!”, I figured it would help balance out the other diametric opposite I often used. ---
**Author:** ![leswax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@leswax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leswax)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swear-word-substitutes/984137/24 "2023-05-17T02:40:24Z")
“Oh, biscuits” [general curse word] and “Cheese and Crackers!” [I assume this is a direct replacement for ‘Jesus Christ!’] are favorites of mine–if I use them consistently I’m less likely to swear around my kids, 6 and 9 years old. These are the family-friendly phrases of choice for the Australian kids show “Bluey.” ---
**Author:** ![El\_DeLuxo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_deluxo/32/9043_2.png) [@El\_DeLuxo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_DeLuxo)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swear-word-substitutes/984137/25 "2023-05-17T03:13:01Z")
“Furshluginer” is a good’un. So’s The Muttley Mumble from the Dick Dastardly cartoons (Muttley was his dog, kids): “Shaggafrashnbaggnmacknsackawakkagrrrrowf” ---
**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 17, 2023, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swear-word-substitutes/984137/26 "2023-05-17T05:42:32Z")
Clockslacker Farging Icehole (from some movie, I think) Bastridge Mother-Scratcher (from another move) ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swear-word-substitutes/984137/27 "2023-05-17T05:49:36Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Farging Icehole (from some movie, I think) Johnny Dangerously. Also “farging bastadge.” (Do you know your last name is an adverb?) ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swear-word-substitutes/984137/28 "2023-05-17T06:25:52Z")
I have a friend who says vacuum instead of f\_\_\_ you. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swear-word-substitutes/984137/29 "2023-05-17T06:39:47Z")
> [@El\_DeLuxo](#): > > So’s The Muttley Mumble from the Dick Dastardly cartoons (Muttley was his dog, kids): “Shaggafrashnbaggnmacknsackawakkagrrrrowf” I always transliterated that as _Rockemsockemfrickemfrackemrazzlefrazzis_.\*. Hey! I got my cake day post in! ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swear-word-substitutes/984137/30 "2023-05-17T08:02:07Z")
Dagnabbit, I can’t really shive a git about it. What the fudge? Whisky Tango Foxtrot! Grumble (yes, I say the word) ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swear-word-substitutes/984137/31 "2023-05-17T09:01:34Z")
I’m fond of “Oh, my stars and garters!” myself. And “motherjammers”, which I picked up from a Key & Peele sketch. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swear-word-substitutes/984137/32 "2023-05-17T11:23:22Z")
I used to toss _razzenfrats_ about liberally. And spousal unit and I will call certain folks _cheese logs_ because it works. Stoopit cheese logs… ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swear-word-substitutes/984137/33 "2023-05-17T11:31:10Z")
Only a mild swear, but when the kids are misbehaving I’ll ask them to stop acting like a bunch of jackelopes instead of jackasses. While jackasses isn’t that bad, it’s less obtrusive in public. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swear-word-substitutes/984137/34 "2023-05-17T12:26:08Z")
“Frickin-A!” “Fook you” and “fook me” (from _Austin Powers_). “Holy schnikies!” (from _Tommy Boy_). “FTS” for fck this sht! or fck that sht! ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swear-word-substitutes/984137/35 "2023-05-17T14:04:48Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > Oh fuuuuudge That’s mine and I really emphasize the F ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swear-word-substitutes/984137/36 "2023-05-17T15:28:32Z")
Shuckin’s. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swear-word-substitutes/984137/37 "2023-05-17T15:46:33Z")
Judas Priest on a pogo stick! cork soaking bunghole mother trucker . . . and the horse you rode in on from Battlestar Galactica: “frack” and “felgercarb” I am rather fond of “frig” and “bugger”. Most Americans don’t know what the words mean, so they think you are using a euphemism. Actually, both words refer to specific sex acts. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swear-word-substitutes/984137/38 "2023-05-17T21:38:20Z")
Anything available in languages other than English is also welcome. French has many euphemisms. I think Spanish has fewer, even though Mexicans have been known to swear from time to time. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Feurmann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/779978/32.png) [@Feurmann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feurmann)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2023, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swear-word-substitutes/984137/39 "2023-05-18T00:30:25Z")
I believe, although I’ve no data for this, that Australians swear (or “curse”) more readily than most Americans. Regardless, I’ve taken to calling bad drivers “poltroons”. (As in “oh, you poltroon!”). “Fuccryin’ out loud” is another good one, as is the old hippie phrase “Far out” – preferably in a Californian accent, and with “man” tacked on the end. (Far out, myann!) A couple of “Sh_t" substitutes: “shoot” and “Schweppes”. Instead of using "Motherf_cker”, we’ve taken to using “incestuous” (“you incestuous thing”!). “Holy potatoes, Batman” is another good one for when I can remember it. And a couple of Inspector Hastings-isms, from the British Line Of Duty series (apologies to Christians): “Holy mother of God” and “Jesus, Joseph, Mary, and the little donkey”. Not a swear (or curse) word, but “Rack off, Noddy” has a peculiar Australian history that I won’t bore everyone with. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2023, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swear-word-substitutes/984137/40 "2023-05-18T01:04:07Z")
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