# 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:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2023, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swear-word-substitutes/984137/41 "2023-05-23T08:45:03Z")
Bingdugit! ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swear-word-substitutes/984137/42 "2023-05-25T22:47:20Z")
Fire truck! Futher of mucks! Oh, my duck! (from Firesign Theater) Sweet Mother of Blue Ivy! (Roy Blount, Jr., remarking that a piece of celebrity birth news sounded like an oath.) ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2023, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swear-word-substitutes/984137/43 "2023-05-26T00:56:19Z")
> [@leswax](#): > > “Cheese and Crackers!” “Cheese and crackers got all muddy.” I say “oh for corn’s sake” about 47 times per day, on average. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2023, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swear-word-substitutes/984137/44 "2023-05-26T07:48:46Z")
When Camilo José Cela won the Nobel for literature in 1989, the Spanish national rail company RENFE congratulated him with this full page ad: [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E-s4My9XMAk-jrr?format=jpg&name=large) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E-s4My9XMAk-jrr?format=jpg&name=large) Word for word it’s Finally, c\*nt But A better translation would be About Forking Time. Why? > Cela had already scandalized Spanish society with his _Diccionario secreto_ (Secret Dictionary, 1969–1971), a dictionary of slang and taboo words. > **[Camilo José Cela | Controversies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camilo_Jos%C3%A9_Cela#Controversies)** > > The Hive was first published in Argentina, as Franco's Spanish State banned it because of the perceived immorality of its content referencing erotic themes. This meant that his name could no longer appear in the printed media. Nevertheless, Cela remained loyal to Francoist Spain, even working as an informer for the Spanish secret police by reporting on the activities of dissident groups and betraying fellow intellectuals. > In his later years Cela became known for his scandalous outbursts; in an i... I don’t know if the ad was supposed to be celebratory or insulting. Cela was quite the raging bass hole. Anyway - this was all a long detour to promote _coño_. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2023, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swear-word-substitutes/984137/45 "2023-05-26T11:32:00Z")
Bolleaux ! (pronounced Boll-Oh in case you didn’t know) ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2023, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swear-word-substitutes/984137/46 "2023-05-27T01:13:18Z")
Mothering Sunday! ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2023, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swear-word-substitutes/984137/47 "2023-05-27T01:50:46Z")
A friend of mine occasionally uses “Son of a syphilitic Soviet sea cook”. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2023, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swear-word-substitutes/984137/48 "2023-05-27T02:12:13Z")
Godfrey Daniel and jackhole\* work for me. \*when I plugged this term into the searchbar just now, for some obscure reason I was directed to the homepage for the Heart of Jacksonville African Violet Society. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2023, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swear-word-substitutes/984137/49 "2023-05-30T00:57:48Z")
Felgergarb. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2023, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swear-word-substitutes/984137/50 "2023-05-30T02:12:56Z")
Mine are all from TV - “Biznatch” (Better Call Saul), “What the fruit?!” (from a Frank Caliendo comedy special), and many epithets from The Good Place (“Holy mother forking shirt balls” springs to mind). And “oh, fudge” from my mother. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2023, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swear-word-substitutes/984137/51 "2023-06-02T22:29:50Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > Mother of pearl. > > From WC Fields? I don’t remember. I just heard it in an old Fractured Fairy Tale from Rocky and Bullwinkle, called Alden Farquahr. I don’t know if this was the first tie I heard it, but I used to watch these all the time when they first came out. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2023, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swear-word-substitutes/984137/52 "2023-06-07T21:25:03Z")
In my word bag, effing has been replaced by _fing_. I’m not sure whether to put one apostrophe or two before _'shole_. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swear-word-substitutes/984137/53 "2023-06-08T13:50:33Z")
**Pepper Mill** is partial to “Fudge Nut Brownies!” ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swear-word-substitutes/984137/54 "2023-06-08T14:09:28Z")
I have no problem being a potty mouth but, when I do speak with a mind of being pc, my favorite is, “In the name of humanity!” Example at school: “In the name of humanity, does anyone actually keep their appointments anymore?!!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swear-word-substitutes/984137.md?page=2)