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Swear Words…
Posted on April 25, 2008 by dray in Humor, Narcissim, Tidbits
I've noticed recently that, as every good Christian boy should, I have a lot of swear word substitutions that I use; meaning that when I would normally swear I use some other combination of words in the place of an actual swear word.
I don't really have a problem with people who swear – I mean people who swear often and inappropriately are a bit rediculous – but in general swearing doesn't really bother me that much. If you want to drop an occasional F-Bomb to be funny or when you're really mad that's fine.
At some point I just stopped swearing and it wasn't really a moral choice, so much as I didn't really find a need to swear that often. I just really don't like the way it comes out or the reaction it elicits in others. Somehow that resulted in a lot of silly phrases that make me come off as a choir boy sometimes, even though I'm really not much of a choir boy.
Here are some of them…
Good Gravy – expressed irritation or tiredness of the same thing (i.e., my current allergies)
Holy Macaroni – this I say when something catches me off guard
F – used as a substitute for, well, F.
Shiester! – I think this may be a swear word in some other language.
Frak – Battle Star Galactica influence. Genius, they've basically created a whole new swear word that isn't a swear word. I try not to say this too often 'cause I don't want the world to know I'm a sci-fi Junkie.
Jeesh! – Express discontent at the actions of another.
Holy Schnizzle! – no idea where this came from.
Pickin' – see Frak
Blast! – Sh!^Maybe you have some?
DK
Dangit, Crap (w/ little one’s, I’m working on that one!), Sugar (has the satisfying “sh” sound w/o poop talk), Good gravy, every once in a while “Holy Moses”.
From Donkey in Shrek : Mother Fletcher. I don’t say it often – in fact it is rare, but it tends to come out when my friend who’s last name is Fletcher who is a mom is around!
FYI: Shyster probably comes from the German for “defecator”.
http://mw1.m-w.com/dictionary/shyster
crap, the equivalent in german (because it sounds closer to the real deal), the equivalent of sh!^ in spanish (because everything sounds better in spanish), ay madre, holy mother (holy mother of pearl – for the extra strenuous times,) and flippin/frickin/friggin – also verb variations (g’s are useless, and when I get into these last threes, I tend to mutter them like yosemite sam…
out of curiosity, this doesn’t have anything to do with my “I’m being pg here” comment last night, does it?
either way, this was a fun waste of time. back to studying flip.
also, I forgot to close that one parenthesis, and it’s gonna bug my inner nerd. please forgive.
Sheesh
Dangit
Oh Crap
That’s a bunch of bologna
shyte is a good british substitute
gee louise
good grief
my word
goodness gracious me
oh my life
dag nabbit
frak is also a good one, but with an accent it can be mistaken.
friggin- but thats when i am really ‘stubbed my toe on a knife edge’ mad
no way/ no freakin way
there are more in the depths somewhere, but i havent had a chance to use them of late.
To quote a cheesy bumper sticker “heck is where you go when you don’t believe in gosh”. Other than that – Feck is my mothers favourite, so that must mean it is polite!