# What's your favorite curse? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 18, 2003, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-curse/169631 "2003-04-18T20:24:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![StanDup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@StanDup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StanDup)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2003, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-curse/169631/1 "2003-04-18T20:24:31Z")
I sort of got this idea from the thread “Is the word ‘crap’ that obscene?”, and I thought this might make a pretty ok thread. Wasn’t really sure if this should go to The Pit, or InMyHumbleOpinion… I have only one favorite word, Fuck. It’s amazing, you can use it when you get hit or trip or something, or you can use it to curse at someone. ---
**Author:** ![outburst](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e36b37/32.png) [@outburst](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outburst)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2003, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-curse/169631/2 "2003-04-18T20:26:02Z")
Horse’s A Jesus H God D ---
**Author:** ![godzillatemple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/49beb7/32.png) [@godzillatemple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/godzillatemple)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-curse/169631/3 "2003-04-20T02:10:23Z")
Billions of Blistering Barnacles! 😉 Barry ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-curse/169631/4 "2003-04-20T02:55:36Z")
**Son of a _whore!_** ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-curse/169631/5 "2003-04-20T03:01:22Z")
Tutankhamun’s ---
**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-curse/169631/6 "2003-04-20T07:07:59Z")
Jeepers H. Crackers _thanks Ned Flanders_ Jivha H. Vishnu _thanks Apu_ Though if you want a real curse, as in cursing someone and bringing bad mojo down on them, then I go with… Nah, I’m keeping that one a secret. ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-curse/169631/7 "2003-04-20T11:57:35Z")
Bummer 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Drastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Drastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drastic)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-curse/169631/8 "2003-04-20T11:59:04Z")
I’m trying to train myself to exclaim “lords of light!” but it still hasn’t quite taken in emotional moments. For those I default to the always-on-call “_fuck!_” ---
**Author:** ![Palve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a698b9/32.png) [@Palve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palve)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-curse/169631/9 "2003-04-20T12:06:09Z")
I use “carp” as a euphemism for “crap” sometimes, and “shirt” for…well, there are children about. Examples: “Holy frickin’ shirt!” “That’s a load of carp.” ---
**Author:** ![grettle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@grettle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grettle)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-curse/169631/10 "2003-04-20T13:46:35Z")
I like the “gypsy curse” which was explained in a movie. . oh called something like Nine Conversations About the Same Thing: “May you always get what you ask for.” And if you really don’t like the guy you are toasting to, you give him the double gypsy curse, “May you always get what you ask for, and always ask for what you get.” But if you wanted my favourite obscenity, I gotta second your choice. It’s just so diverse. ---
**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-curse/169631/11 "2003-04-20T15:33:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Drastic \* > \*\*I’m trying to train myself to exclaim “lords of light!” but it still hasn’t quite taken in emotional moments. For those I default to the always-on-call “_fuck!_” \*\* I say Jeepers H. Crackers now even when I mean to swear (sometimes). Give that one a whirl. Sorry I can’t give the curse **green\_bladder** , but an old frat brother & his girlfriend used to beat me at pool using it all the time and I don’t want history repeating itself. I hear that superstitions work whether you believe them or not… ---
**Author:** ![radar\_ralf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b2d939/32.png) [@radar\_ralf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/radar_ralf)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-curse/169631/12 "2003-04-20T21:30:22Z")
“Kill me and I’ll see that you never work in this town again!” ---
**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2003, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-curse/169631/13 "2003-04-21T00:20:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by js\_africanus \* > \*\*Sorry I can’t give the curse **green\_bladder** , but an old frat brother & his girlfriend used to beat me at pool using it all the time and I don’t want history repeating itself. \*\* I think it may even be affecting my grammer! (“Affecting”?? Maybe it’s gotten to my diction, too! AAARRRGG!) ---
**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:** [April 21, 2003, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-curse/169631/14 "2003-04-21T00:23:44Z")
“swut” and “foonting turlingdromes” ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2003, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-curse/169631/15 "2003-04-21T00:27:31Z")
“This is a piss-poor way to run a railroad!” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_With_The_Golden_Gun)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2003, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-curse/169631/16 "2003-04-21T00:28:05Z")
Jesus Mothernunfucking Christ. ---
**Author:** ![jazzmine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jazzmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jazzmine)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2003, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-curse/169631/17 "2003-04-21T01:03:11Z")
I probably use the word “fuck” entirely too often. Perhaps that’s why I’m not actually getting fucked enough. ---
**Author:** ![moi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@moi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moi)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2003, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-curse/169631/18 "2003-04-21T04:34:22Z")
When just one word one do, the following all run together, bulding into a crescendo: shitfuckWANK! I don’t use it often, as I don’t want it to lose its mystical properties. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2003, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-curse/169631/19 "2003-04-21T06:24:27Z")
I like \*\* “Ten thousand thundering typhoons!” \*\* but it takes way too long to say, and would perhaps gather a lot of strange looks too. ---
**Author:** ![Ego\_Mk2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@Ego\_Mk2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ego_Mk2)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2003, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-curse/169631/20 "2003-04-21T13:32:22Z")
A plague on your house! \<- Formal ceeeee-ripes! (like “key-ripes”) \<- Expletive! Fuck nugget \<- bad driver [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-curse/169631.md?page=2)