What words do you or people you know substitute for obscenities and blasphemies?

In My Humble Opinion
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Inspired by the 3rd commandment thread

What words do you use if you are censoring yourself?

I try to avoid foul language. I don’t always succeed, but every job I have ever had was working retail or education, so I can’t just let loose whenever I want.

Here’s a list, with the closest approximate spellings:
Dagummit, daggonit, dagnabbit
Poodles
tartar sauce
jeez, jee-minny Christmas
frickin, fudge, frack
gol-ly dag

and grunts, growls, and mumbles that defy any attempt at spelling.

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Darn
Not really a word but"F"
Criminy

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Cheese and rice!

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Fudge
Frog
Freaking\frick/frack
Fork
Eff
[incoherent consonantal spluttering]
Fffffff…!

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I will, occasionally, dip into science-fiction swear words, including:

  • “frak” (from Battlestar Galactica, as a substitute for the f-bomb)
  • “kriff” or “kark” (both from the Star Wars expanded universe, and both also f-bomb substitutes)
  • “stang” (also from Star Wars, substitute for “damn”)

Yes, those make me super-nerdy. :smiley:

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rats

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Nuts in a bucket, when I’m really fed up, nuts in a bucket of ice.

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Holy frijoles!

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Bloody Hell (I know in England this is a Thing Not To Be Said), but since I use it in America, not so much.

Raskamlikov–Not Russian, it is a word I completely made up to use when I’m in public and don’t want to say anything bad.

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A Hispanic friend told me of her aunt with some cute Spanish euphemisms. The one I adopted was “chinitas!” I love the sound of it. Another I can’t remember means “fourteen” in English but is not diez y cuatro. I’d love to know what the word was and what it euphemized. **

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Fudge, crap and son of a domino are the more usual ones but I have been known to use them all given the place and time.

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It’s been a while since I was in Spanish class, but I think the number fourteen, en español, is catorce.

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Cheese 'n crackers got all muddy!
mmm

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I am a champion cusser, I admit. But pop culture has gotten its rotten little hooks in me.

“Holy motherforking shirtballs.”

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Mother of pearl!

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I forgot this one, which is weird because it is an apt description of just about every job I’ve ever had.

My sister was in the navy, and taught me Charlie Foxtrot as a description of many bad things happening.

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“Mother pus bucket.” - Dr. Peter Venkman

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Fratenhousensnicklefifer!

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I used to work with a woman who, if she got frustrated, would say, “Oh, dirty words!” She taught herself to do that when her kids were young.

Works for me, too!

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Notafinga!