I still haven’t gotten rid of “Jesus Christ” and a few other things like that. My father, for some reason, used to get very annoyed when we said it, and made it more fun.
I work “proletariat” or “industrial proletariat” or “the workers” into conversations when I can. I’ve got a lot of experience mocking Communism.
I started using “Og” because I saw it in here - I just figured it was a non-demoninational, non-offensive way of naming a diety - tho i now have my doubts
I use “Jesus H Christ” or “Jesus Horatio Christ”, tho now I’ve started using “Thank Gaia” because my best friend is Pagan/Wicca
If something were to be unacceptable, I might say Thats not kosher…
snerk
kicks his own sodomy altar back under the bed before someone sees it…
About half-way down the page below, you will find some Québécois curses, mostly derived from Catholic church terms. Enjoy!
I had to stop and think about this question for a bit, and I have to say that I don’t generally use anything from any idealogy/religion I don’t believe in. If I’m imitating (or mocking) someone who uses such expressions, I’ll say them, but otherwise it usually doesn’t occur to me. For the most part, I tend to use descriptive terms or things I acquired from my SF habit–I’ve been known to use “frell”, “sheka”, “noy-j’taht”, and even “censored”.
Things from other languages have been known to creep into my speech as well. In particular, somewhere along the way, I’ve acquired the word “aiya”. I’m not Chinese, and don’t speak any Chinese dialect. Nonetheless, “aiya” is such a marvelously useful and expressive interjection that I find myself using it pretty often.
Oh, and as to this…
Beautiful. Just…beautiful. matt, I salute you. 
No problem. Oh, and it rhymes with rodeo-caddy. kinda. 
I am not Christian, and I am not religious. However, tonight, after phenominal sex with my boyfriend, I said, “praise the lord!” and, “there is a god!”
(During, I think I recall saying “oh god!” and “oh Jesus!” quite a bit)
Same here. I attribute it to the brainwashing in Christianity that I received as a child. Thank God it didn’t take!
I say “Holy Cow!” a lot and I’m not Hindu.
Maybe you were Phil Rizzuto in a former life?
One exclamation I’ve always wondered about is “Holy Moley”. What in hell is a holy moley, anyway? Holy mackerel!
And while I’m neither conventionally religious nor a country boy, my all-time favorite expression of hopefulness is nonetheless “God willing and the creek don’t rise!”
I always use “Jesus Haploid Christ” just to see who was paying attention in Biology.
When I’m sitting stuck behind someone stopped stock still at a green light, I’m apt to wonder aloud if they’re perhaps waiting for the Second Coming. Not Jewish. ;j (Yay! Always wanted to use that smilie for something!)
God, this thread is funny!
I’ve always assumed “Holy Moley” to be a reference to the mythical herb moly, which Hermes gave to Odysseus to protect him from Circe’s magic.
“Therewith the slayer of Argos gave me the plant that he had plucked from the ground, and he showed me the growth thereof. It was black at the root, but the flower was like to milk. Moly the gods call it, but it is hard for mortal men to dig; howbeit with the gods all things are possible.” – Odyssey, Book X.
I believe the phrase was popularized by Captain Marvel; given the character’s mythological connections, it seem reasonable to guess that “moley” is the same word as “moly”, with a slightly different transliteration. I don’t have a cite for it, though, so take the hypothesis with a grain of salt.
So, if the above is correct, I suppose anyone using the phrase fits this thread unless they happen to be a classical Greek pantheist.
Oh, I forgot to add “Oy”. I use this way too much, in exasperation or if whincing in pain. IANjewish but use it with abandon.
That’s beautiful.
And gives me an additional justification for using “Bugger!” as my explitive of choice, other than being an anglophile (although the two interests do overlap).
I like to quote Ben Franklin (“Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy” or something like that) when I have a beer, even though I don’t believe in God, and even if I did, I doubt that any god would be that benevolent. I also use “Christian” cuss words, taking the Lord’s name in vain, etc. I was raised as a Christian, but it didn’t take.
I always liked “Malt does more than Milton can to justify God’s ways to man”. Even though I don’t believe in Him either (I believe in Milton though).
I’ve been known to say “Praise Allah!” when I’m relieved or happy about something. I’m pagan.