What’s your favourite word to use instead of a curse word?

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What’s your favourite word to use instead of a curse word?

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  1. WhimsicalSadist Avatar

    “H, E, double hockey sticks!”

  2. Flushpuppy Avatar

    Son of a biscuit.

  3. Long-Tip-5374 Avatar

    Judas Priest! What a stupid gosh darn question!

  4. McGrawHell Avatar

    Tartar sauce.

  5. MoBlitz25 Avatar
  6. Lost_Soup9304 Avatar

    Ah tennis balls!!!

  7. CerebralHawks Avatar

    Baka aho — Japanese for “stupid jerk.” Japanese doesn’t really have swearing per se, they’re too polite.

    There’s also “devour fleculence” — it means “eat shit” with overly complex words.

  8. ResponsibleWar7184 Avatar

    Son of a biscuit eater. 😂😂😂😂

  9. watermama Avatar

    I say “RATS!” which seems to amuse those around me.

  10. chocolatechipninja Avatar

    “Well, poop” does the trick when I’m in a G-rated space.

  11. cute_kitty19 Avatar

    Fudge nuggets! – Sweet, but salty

  12. 1Texasdude Avatar

    What the freck

  13. GlorianaLauriana Avatar

    Fahrvergnügen!!!

    It’s not even a real German word as far as I know, they just used it in VW commercials in the 80s and we took to yelling it at each other in place of “Fuck you”. Some of my cousins and I still do.

  14. 501CaptainRex Avatar

    Snapping Turtles

  15. azurejar13 Avatar

    What the heck

  16. picklespears42 Avatar

    It will make no sense but I say Hot Ham, Geez Rice, and Jiminy Christmas. I also will say Christ on a cracker and Christ in a Cadillac.

  17. chrstphd Avatar

    It’s in french: “Diantre”.
    And: “Tupain de Mordel de Berde”.

  18. Jingotastic Avatar

    Oh buttons!

    (this is how i found out i dont have a button emoji 🙁 )

  19. komijul Avatar

    Monte Cristo with Cheese!

    Flibbergidget!

  20. MicaelaMalax Avatar

    Biscuits! We’re a Bluey family!🤣

  21. TheCoopX Avatar

    Son of a beaver.
    Bon of a sitch.
    Fother Mucker.
    Sock Cucker.
    Cucking Funt.

  22. HorrorGuide6520 Avatar

    The dictionary word for that same curse word

  23. Kydra96 Avatar

    Barnacles! Fiddlesticks!

  24. TearingAwayXR Avatar

    For someone who is trying to curb their potty-mouth, I appreciate this thread

  25. 30-years Avatar

    Fudge monkeys

  26. kitsykatt Avatar

    GOD.. bless America

  27. Who_am_i_0468 Avatar

    0468 instead of “oh for f-‘s sake…”
    Thank you 3 summers working at a Christian summer camp…

  28. Diesel1donna Avatar

    Nuts, crock, blimming ,

  29. Mean_Tea3808 Avatar

    Ow shoot! Flip sake!

  30. Psyfei Avatar

    I’m french so I use ancient words that sounds polite but are in fact curse words.

    I often say “enflure” wich is the nice version of “enfoiré/bâtard” (motherfucker/bastard)

    Or I say “Bigre” instead of “Oh merde/putain !” “Oh fu** !”

  31. ProvePoetsWrong Avatar

    My daughter says “Biscuits!” and then yesterday realized “Wait, biscuits are delicious,” and got upset that her little tantrum word isn’t negative enough.

  32. JohnStamosSB Avatar
  33. Andrays Avatar

    I’m a big fan of “Dingleberries!” or “Poop nuggets!” If I’m feeling extra crass

  34. ChimpyChompies Avatar

    Have never quite understood this. Everyone knows what you are trying to say. So, just fucking say it!

  35. Itchy-Lingonberry981 Avatar

    God fecking damn it is what it say quite a lot

  36. Meggiekayyy Avatar

    Dad Gammit and good gravy are 2 of my most frequently used replacements. For no reason other than my son thinks it’s weird. Ha ha!

  37. AriasK Avatar

    Fudge bucket 

  38. obeythed Avatar
  39. Jenghrick Avatar

    Awe hamburgers…..

  40. Responsible-Push-289 Avatar

    yeeaahhh…. no substitutions.

  41. CitizenHuman Avatar

    I call people muppets.

  42. bigwig500 Avatar
  43. Kotukunui Avatar

    Shazbot!
    Thanks, Robin!

  44. anoncheesegrater Avatar

    i’m big on “what the flip” instead of “what the fuck.” It’s work safe, kid safe, and funny asf tbh

  45. alesko09 Avatar

    This is Bolshevik.

  46. CarpeNivem Avatar

    I leave a short pause of silence where the curse should be, like I’ve been edited for TV. It’s surprisingly effective, and kinda fun.

  47. YeOldeWizardSleeve Avatar

    Coworker from way back used to call people pot lickers whenever they messed up

  48. nikkesen Avatar

    crap nuggets

  49. BansheeMagee Avatar

    “Dadgummit!”

  50. Informal_Spell7209 Avatar

    “I don’t give a flying squirrel”
    I think I heard this once in a stupid B movie or a Mystery Science Theater episode 

  51. blainy-o Avatar

    None. Swearing has more emphasis.

  52. ShiQiaoke Avatar

    Daggit or dagrummit equally. Usually followed by uncontrollable swearing.

  53. lifeinsector4 Avatar

    I don’t consider “fuck” to be a curse word

  54. genwinters Avatar

    Skullamahgoosky separalotus, my grandma used to say it growing up and it just stuck

  55. DrMackDDS2014 Avatar

    I’ve started using W C Fields’s “Godfrey Daniel” fairly regularly

  56. arthurjeremypearson Avatar

    I have a sad story to tell you. It may hurt your feelings a bit. Last night when I walked into my bathroom, I stepped in a big pile of shh-

    shaving cream!

    Be nice and clean!

    Shave every day and you’ll always look keen!

  57. SimoSirman Avatar

    Johhaidii its an Estonian “word”.

  58. ginabobeena_ Avatar

    Jiminy Crickets!

  59. Ohweewah Avatar

    “Fudgeknuckle!”

    “Shiznit”

    “Heckity heck”

    “Holy canoli.”

    “Gkod gravy.”

    The first three aren’t words but you get the picture.

  60. Electronic_Menu_2244 Avatar

    A phrase, but “that certainly is a pickle” is code for “fuck you” 99% of the time.

  61. VelvetWhitehawk Avatar

    Holy moly, holy cannolis, & jeez Louise.

  62. Capable-Fisherman-79 Avatar

    “YOU LINT LICKER!”

  63. sho_nuff80 Avatar

    Famke Jansen. I summon the Phoenix with my cursing

  64. Relative_Payment_192 Avatar

    Jesus fried chicken.

  65. DukeofNormandy Avatar

    Tabanak as an English Canadian.

  66. HawaiianSteak Avatar

    I use the Colonial “frak” and “Gods damn it” curse words from Battlescar Galactica.

  67. Uninspired714 Avatar

    WTF? None. If you have the option to curse, do it every time!

  68. Fearchar Avatar

    My friend in one of my Russian classes suggested that almost any Russian word could sound like a curse word. “Понедельник! Среда!” That sounds like I’m really chewing you out, but all I’m saying is “Monday! Wednesday!” To this day I like to use those.

  69. Cylasbreakdown Avatar

    Aw, farts.

    -Eda the Owl Lady

  70. NeverForNoReason Avatar

    The Flight of the Conchords taught me that I’m the mutha flippin’ Rhymnausurus.

  71. sunkissedshaii Avatar

    my dad likes saying lets get your poop in a scoop. i dont say it but it makes me giggle every time i hear it. and its true.
    i gotta get my shit together

  72. spirit_cat83 Avatar

    Christ on a bike

  73. Effective-Window-922 Avatar

    Lint licker. This is usually in response to someone calling me a cootie queen.

  74. Kooky-Language-6095 Avatar

    Fuster Cluck. It’s a fowl language that’s not a curse word.

  75. Chicagogirl72 Avatar

    Spit, fudge mother trucker

  76. Utterlybored Avatar

    “Fuck.”

    It’s a curse word to, but it can be used instead of other curse words.

  77. BonecaChinesa Avatar

    Farging bastage!

  78. KnittedParsnip Avatar

    Frack

    I watched a lot of Battlestar Galactica.

  79. Ok_Key_4731 Avatar

    Son of a biscuit is one of my favorites. I also use “Shazbot!” (Bonus points if you know where that comes from.)

  80. BluepawWasTaken Avatar

    Hot Belgium Waffles

  81. runbikehikegirl Avatar

    Shut the front door

  82. kathia154 Avatar

    In Polish, we often use terms related to animals. My favourite is ‘pisa kość’, which means ‘dog bone’.

    The most popular are ‘kurcze’ – ‘chick’ and ‘kurza twarz’ – ‘chicken face’

  83. Mike_TKE Avatar

    There’s words besides curse words!?

  84. Traditional_Deal_654 Avatar

    Sugar Honey Ice Tea!

  85. Rosanna44 Avatar

    Cheese and rice.

  86. -pop-fizz-clink Avatar

    “Sugar buttons”… I like to say it in a southern accent, and I don’t know why. And fiddlesticks. Just goofy to lighten the mood.

  87. Praising_God_777 Avatar

    Skunk cabbage; I heard/read some advice several years ago to substitute the name of a flower instead of a curse word. I just chose a flower that fits the situation!

  88. green_hand_24 Avatar

    Like I start apologising q lot if someone start to hate on me online irl i ignore em . sorry for grammatical errors .

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  90. lumpycurveballs Avatar

    “af for fanden”

    Its “for fucks sake” in Danish. Took me a while to figure out why my mom was so horrified when I started parroting her as a kid lmao

  91. Affectionate-Cap-568 Avatar

    Shoot instead of sh*t.

  92. Jaymac720 Avatar

    My mom seems to like “frack” as a stand-in for the f-bomb lately

  93. En-papX Avatar

    Cheese and biscuits

  94. nineeighteen83 Avatar

    Golly

    But drag it out a bit. “GALL-ee”

  95. franksymptoms Avatar

    SHIMATTA!

    It’s a Japanese word that literally means “I turned it off” or something similar. It’s figurative meaning is “I have made a mistake.” I learned it in a James Bond book (Thunderball?).

    It has all the requisites for a curse word: it starts out sounding like “SH*T,” has soft consonants, hard consonants and can be dragged out if need be: ” SHIIIMAAAATTTAAAA!” And it sounds dirty, too.

  96. Ringedplum01 Avatar

    “Whoopsie-Daiseys”

  97. xXLeePlaysXx Avatar
  98. madewa12 Avatar

    Jesus, Mary and Joseph!

  99. circusgeek Avatar
  100. OoTgoated Avatar

    Instead of saying “Oh shit” I’ll sometimes say “Oh shiazin in me haizin” don’t ask me why or what it means. Also I often say dickens and will pair it with other nonsensical jargon. For example: “Holy dicken in me dockin and a cockin in me bockin!” That comes from a Youtuber who also talks like that for some reason and I adopted it after hearing him say it like 8000 times. Again don’t ask why or what the deal is with it anything. There’s probably just something severely wrong with me and also that YouTuber. It all still sounds kinda inappropriate not to mention ridiculous but it’s not swearing technically and it makes people laugh.

  101. MysteriousMine9450 Avatar

    I say forked or F or forked and spooned.

  102. Classic-Reaction8897 Avatar

    Got dang it, Bobby – instead of using the lords name in vain, although I’m not very religious, but I try not to say god damn out loud, even typing it out is iffy

  103. 2towerz1plane Avatar

    Fudge – what the fudge …

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  105. AngFin Avatar

    Mother of Pearl!

  106. EmFiveBlue Avatar

    Shiitake mushroom

  107. Sheriff_Mills Avatar

    Frappin’ , Tom Hank’s character, Jim Lovell, says it in “Apollo 13”.

  108. blakelyhere Avatar

    I’m a big “heck” guy

  109. hughranass2 Avatar

    WHAT THE FRENCH, TOAST?

  110. Broad_War Avatar

    more of a phrase but I’ll say “Son of A” and keep moving

  111. Kollin66182 Avatar

    Shiitake mushrooms or Shikaka