# What words do you or people you know substitute for obscenities and blasphemies? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 24, 2019, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-or-people-you-know-substitute-for-obscenities-and-blasphemies/830137 "2019-02-24T23:02:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CelticKnot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/celticknot/32/3392_2.png) [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-or-people-you-know-substitute-for-obscenities-and-blasphemies/830137/1 "2019-02-24T23:02:05Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Littleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ccd318/32.png) [@Littleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Littleman)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-or-people-you-know-substitute-for-obscenities-and-blasphemies/830137/2 "2019-02-24T23:26:01Z")
Darn Not really a word but"F" Criminy ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-or-people-you-know-substitute-for-obscenities-and-blasphemies/830137/3 "2019-02-24T23:31:17Z")
Cheese and rice! ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-or-people-you-know-substitute-for-obscenities-and-blasphemies/830137/4 "2019-02-24T23:42:19Z")
Fudge Frog Freaking\frick/frack Fork Eff [incoherent consonantal spluttering] Fffffff…! ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-or-people-you-know-substitute-for-obscenities-and-blasphemies/830137/5 "2019-02-24T23:43:00Z")
> [@CelticKnot](#): > > frickin, fudge, frack 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. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-or-people-you-know-substitute-for-obscenities-and-blasphemies/830137/6 "2019-02-24T23:47:12Z")
rats ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-or-people-you-know-substitute-for-obscenities-and-blasphemies/830137/7 "2019-02-24T23:58:34Z")
Nuts in a bucket, when I’m really fed up, nuts in a bucket of ice. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2019, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-or-people-you-know-substitute-for-obscenities-and-blasphemies/830137/8 "2019-02-25T00:01:49Z")
Holy frijoles! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2019, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-or-people-you-know-substitute-for-obscenities-and-blasphemies/830137/9 "2019-02-25T00:26:31Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![HelenGawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HelenGawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelenGawn)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2019, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-or-people-you-know-substitute-for-obscenities-and-blasphemies/830137/10 "2019-02-25T00:35:49Z")
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. \*\* ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2019, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-or-people-you-know-substitute-for-obscenities-and-blasphemies/830137/11 "2019-02-25T00:37:40Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![CoastalMaineiac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e8c25b/32.png) [@CoastalMaineiac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoastalMaineiac)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2019, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-or-people-you-know-substitute-for-obscenities-and-blasphemies/830137/12 "2019-02-25T00:45:43Z")
> [@HelenGawn](#): > > 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. \*\* It’s been a while since I was in Spanish class, but I think the number fourteen, _en español_, is _catorce_. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2019, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-or-people-you-know-substitute-for-obscenities-and-blasphemies/830137/13 "2019-02-25T01:44:25Z")
Cheese 'n crackers got all muddy! mmm ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2019, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-or-people-you-know-substitute-for-obscenities-and-blasphemies/830137/14 "2019-02-25T02:13:10Z")
I am a champion cusser, I admit. But pop culture has gotten its rotten little hooks in me. “Holy motherforking shirtballs.” ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2019, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-or-people-you-know-substitute-for-obscenities-and-blasphemies/830137/15 "2019-02-25T02:38:07Z")
Mother of pearl! ---
**Author:** ![CelticKnot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/celticknot/32/3392_2.png) [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2019, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-or-people-you-know-substitute-for-obscenities-and-blasphemies/830137/16 "2019-02-25T03:00:12Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2019, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-or-people-you-know-substitute-for-obscenities-and-blasphemies/830137/17 "2019-02-25T03:21:24Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > I am a champion cusser, I admit. But pop culture has gotten its rotten little hooks in me. > > “Holy motherforking shirtballs.” “Mother pus bucket.” - Dr. Peter Venkman ---
**Author:** ![Capn\_Carl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Capn\_Carl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capn_Carl)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2019, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-or-people-you-know-substitute-for-obscenities-and-blasphemies/830137/18 "2019-02-25T03:27:59Z")
Fratenhousensnicklefifer! ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2019, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-or-people-you-know-substitute-for-obscenities-and-blasphemies/830137/19 "2019-02-25T03:58:07Z")
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! ---
**Author:** ![CelticKnot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/celticknot/32/3392_2.png) [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2019, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-or-people-you-know-substitute-for-obscenities-and-blasphemies/830137/20 "2019-02-25T04:07:04Z")
> [@Capn\_Carl](#): > > Fratenhousensnicklefifer! Notafinga! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-or-people-you-know-substitute-for-obscenities-and-blasphemies/830137.md?page=2)