Swear/Curse Words: Alternatives

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Cupid stunt?

I just recalled one alternative of a swear word in Polish - it's chicken because as I already said, our major swear word is literally whore which sounds kurwa in my language but chicken is kurczę in Polish so the beginning of those two words is the same - kur... And that's why you can safely say kurczę instead of kurwa when you are a Pole.

More silly alternatives for the F-word.

Fug Feg Fog Fig Farg Flarg Flook Floot Ferg Flack Frack Flerg Forg Florg Frig Freg Frag Fooey Flooey

We used to have a Chinese takeaway near us called Tak Fook

This was a source of amusement for me for a lot longer than is normal. because I'm a child

Apparently it means Take Fortune. I just looked it up

Tak is also a Polish term which means Yes In one of Stephen King's book, "The Regulators", there was a character named Tak, an evil entity who possessed the body of a low functioning nonverbal autistic boy, Seth.

Usually, use of swear words is not in my nature, but the words I do feel most comfortable with are mild terms like "damn", "hell", "scumbag", and "crap".

Some characters from Star Wars Legends have actually used euphemisms like "sithspit" and "By the Force", particularly by Jaden Korr and Kyle Katarn.

I also have a tendency to use phrases like "dagnabbit", "crud", "drat", "for Frigg's sake" (Norse Goddess, btw), and "frick". Some antiquated terms I'm pretty fond of is "stumblejohn" and "hogwash". There is an alternate word for "crap" I use pretty often, but I don't know how to spell it.

I also love the catchphrase "bite me!", particularly by Uzi Doorman from Murder Drones. I also loved the late Steve Irwin's catchphrase "crikey!"

Aside from that, I tend to sing to myself some favorite songs in order to help me get through the day.

My days.

The fates must've cursed me.

I blame the fae.

This is bad for the plot development.

Have the day you deserve.

Fudge
Fudging
Fire truck
Canute
Currant bun
Sugar
Shiteweister

Now is a good time to learn words in foreign languages that sound like English curse words when pronounced.

a fave Frenchie foulment I discovered (in a book called "Merde!") was the phrase "il Pete plus haut que son cul" ("he farts higher than his ass") which is generally directed towards snobs. then there is "Merde" which polite Frenchies term "les Cinq letters" (the 5 letters) sorta like how 'muuuricans use the euphemistic phrase "4-letter words." btw did you know that in the 50s through the 70s one could not say the phrase "4-letter words" on TV or radio, they had to say "3 letter words" I suppose because the other one was too close to the forbidden profanities.

I have become affectionate towards the colonial euphemistic phrase "con sarnit!" which is a minced oath meant to replace "gosh darn it!" which itself is a minced oath meant to replace GD which is itself a euphemism.

there is a cockney rhyming slang term which I won't explain, "Berkeley Hunt." I thought that was rather clever of whomever invented it.

i like "shine a light"
I actually use that one quite a lot in the big wide world

I saw an old 1957 kine (kinescope video recording) of singer nat king Cole singing "anything goes!" - when he got to the phrase "when men who knew better words use(3) letter words" while holding up 3 fingers to reinforce the fact that he did not say "4-letter words".

That's nuts

The BBC used to be up it's own arse like that in the olden days as well

in the American radio and television media, back in the 50s you couldn't even say "h-e- double toothpicks" as that was too close to the forbidden infernal word "hell." imagine not even being able to use a euphemism, for lord's sake.
the comedian Stan Freberg made fun of this in his comedy routine "elderly man river" -