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nyhuskyfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 02:21 PM
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What's your favorite word to use when you can't swear (i.e. "Fudge")
For some reason, I say "Pooter" all the time when something goes wrong at work. It's just a made-up swear word that I picked up on along the way. People always look at me like I have two heads when I say it.
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nytemare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 02:23 PM
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1. Poop!
To be honest, I usually just cuss. I try to keep from cussing, sometimes, though.
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Left_Winger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 02:25 PM
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2. I like to make contractions, such as...
fidiot, fupid, fugly, etc.
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Options Remain Donating Member (475 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 02:58 PM
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12. depends on the situation
rasnfrassin is good for general use. I enjoy the occasional 25 cent vulgarity such as infantile, contemptable, reprehensable, incompetent, scumsucking, Vile, etc...

I need something to piss me off to come up with good ones.
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SkipNewarkDE Donating Member (762 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 02:37 PM
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3. Mutha Fracker
My new favorite... Last nite's episode of Battlestar Galactica on sci fi had a scene where one character was shell shocked about the shooting of another, and she was pissed that the chief wouldn't say anything.... "Say something you mother fracker." They both burst out laughing, and the chief says "Mother Fracker?!?"
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cheeseit Donating Member (152 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 02:38 PM
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4. kent
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mcscajun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 02:43 PM
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5. Bloody Hell!
Always works for me...

:)
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DBoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 02:50 PM
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6. Fubar
nt
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HeeBGBz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 02:51 PM
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7. Oh Poodlefish!
To borrow it from my brother
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Misunderestimator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 02:51 PM
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8. Fuck
:D
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jmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 02:52 PM
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9. I'm really good about stopping short of swearing
At my last job when had a problem with people watering fake plants. When I was first told about this I said, "What the?" Somebody who overheard me said, "Oh shit, I thought you were gonna say fuck! Fuck I just said shit! OMG I said shit and fuck!" I tried to be nice and console her but I couldn't help but laugh as she lost her mind and turned red.
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 02:54 PM
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10. After years of dropping the F-bomb on us as kids
my dad tried to switch to "farkway." We ridicule him for it to this day. I have managed not to adopt his use of "Jesus-jumped-up-Christ-on-a-sidecar." I don't even know what that means.

My mom (much tamer than dad) says "jeannie christmas," and that's only when she's very upset.

Mine? I guess I've used them all in mixed company--nuts, crud, shoot, foo--I've even said "golly" with a straight face.



:blush:
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stellanoir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 02:57 PM
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11. flopping
Edited on Sat Jul-23-05 02:58 PM by stellanoir
or "Oh. . .the most versatile word in the English language. . . you."

There was a fantastic video file with this Brit elucidating the versatility of that paritcular word, accompanied by classical music with stick figures in various and some compromising postitions. . ."It can be a noun, a verb, a transitive verb, an adjective. . ."

I played it for my kid's friends and they were swearing that way for a couple months, got a grammar lesson, and didn't even get detention.

Was too funny.

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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 03:12 PM
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13. sugar is popular with me now, as is Frack
frack is the battlestar galactica version of fuck.
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DemGirl7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 08:07 PM
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14. Fudge
I've been using it so long that It has replaced the swear words mostly I would use
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Dervill Crow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 08:09 PM
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15. Ratz!! n/t
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skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 08:13 PM
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16. Son of a sea cook
Not sure where I got that one but it comes in handy.
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Lisa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 08:20 PM
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17. son of a Bush! (n/t)
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KittyWampus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 08:23 PM
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18. Rats! Ala Charlie Brown
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ikojo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 08:32 PM
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19. Crud....I get it from my older sister
says it in lieu of s***.



Oy vey is one I use instead of f***
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njdemocrat106 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 08:41 PM
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20. Does "Scheisse" count?
Scheisse=Shit in German. Today though, I surprised myself when I shouted "Darn!" when I realized I didn't close the freezer door, and nobody was home to hear me!
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NV Whino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 08:47 PM
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21. Fork
But I most often use the real McCoy.
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Bleacher Creature Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 08:50 PM
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22. My new favorite -- "Pfukked"
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jandrok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 08:57 PM
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23. "Jiminy Christmas" seems to work for me.
The kids picked up all of the swear words WAY too easily. I drew the line when my then 3 year old son dropped somthing in the kitchen, then stood there and said, very matter-of-factly, "DAMMIT"!!!!
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Seabiscuit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 08:58 PM
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24. "Oh, Fiddledysticks!"
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