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Curses! | J.A. Kazimer

I need suggestions since I usually default to the actual curse words. 😬
But also “Oh, for the love of God and Cheezits.” 😀

AmyG, Tamra, JamieArc, mandarchy, CBee, dabbe

Tamra “Lord love a duck” 😜 13mo

wanderinglynn “Cheeses crusty, got all musty, got damp on the stone of a peach.” From

Iron Kissed

13mo

AmyG When my kids were little our word was…”schnikes” (pronounced shnikeys). (edited) 13mo

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quietlycuriouskate I sometimes call people who get me riled up "ferruginous cherts". It's especially good for politicians! (I think it is actually a geological term.) 13mo

wanderinglynn And my niece, who has Down syndrome, used to yell “fish nuggets!” when she was mad. 13mo

wanderinglynn And if you need an insult, troglodyte is always a good one. You can really turn anything into an alt curse word. In my NaNo story I‘m writing, one of the characters “swears” by using high end fashion houses. Ex: “for the love of Prada!” (edited) 13mo

CSeydel For whatever reason, when my kids were young, I started blurting out “Sharp Cheddar Cheese!” as an exclamation of frustration (which they found hilarious) 13mo

IndoorDame Supposedly when my mother was a child her father used to yell ostkaka which is actually Swedish for cheesecake, though I‘m guessing he thought it was an actual Swedish curse since he wasn‘t the one in that family who spoke the language 13mo

Sharpeipup Uffda - thanks to living in Minnesota
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dabbe Holy synecdoche! (sih-NEK-də-kee) Or my less literary one: Holy guacamole! I guess the “holy“makes me feel like I'm sorta bringing religion in it, but I'm not! #really 🤩 13mo

CatLass007 I just finished listening to the audiobook of Terraformers. There are some marvelous insults and curse words in it. I didn‘t think to write them down. 13mo

mom2bugnbee My husband yells "You cretin!" when he needs to aim his frustration at someone, like when someone cuts him off in traffic. My frustration phrase is "for the love..." but I don't finish it, & leave it to the imagination. ? 13mo

BarbaraJean I often use “Shiitake mushrooms!” as a curse. My husband sometimes says “crapenhagen,” which always makes me laugh. I used to use the name of my orchestra stand partner as a curse: “Dan Bennet!” (edited) 13mo

Amiable @wanderinglynn I am in love with “fish nuggets” 😄 13mo

Amiable @BarbaraJean Ha ha! What did Dan Bennett do to deserve being immortalized as an alternative curse word? Sounds like a story! 😀 13mo

Amiable @dabbe @amyg I sometimes use “holy schnitzel” which is also almost biblical but not really at all. 😀 (edited) 13mo

Amiable @quietlycuriouskate That‘s a good one! If I can remember how to pronounce it. 😀 (edited) 13mo

Amiable @Tamra That one has a word that strays dangerously close to being one I shouldn‘t yell at work! 😄 13mo

wanderinglynn @Amiable if you want to make it more fun, you can say “holy fish nuggets” which is what her bff would exclaim. 13mo

Amiable @Sharpeipup I love uffda! My in-laws live in Minnesota, so I‘ve heard that one. Although I tend to use it to express exhaustion or disbelief rather than irritation or frustration. Is it a multipurpose word? 😀 13mo

Amiable @wanderinglynn I‘m totally adding that to my lexicon. 😄 13mo

Amiable @IndoorDame Ha ha! That‘s awesome! 😄 13mo

Amiable @CSeydel Cheese is such a good one! I‘m thinking “Asiago!” would also be a suitable alternative. 😀 13mo

wanderinglynn This is a great thread! I have enjoy reading all these alt curses & will definitely be adding a few to my vocabulary. Thanks @Amiable 😀 13mo

Susanita Sugarplum fairy! 13mo

Amiable @wanderinglynn I need all the help I can get because I honestly have a mouth like a drunken sailor. 😀 13mo

Aimeesue @dabbe Holy synecdoche just makes me want to say Holy Schenectady, which I‘m obviously to use now. 😂 13mo

Sharpeipup My husband wants to add “mother trucker” 13mo

dabbe @Amiable Now I have “schnitzel with noodles“ running through my head! 🤣 13mo

dabbe @Aimeesue Your spelling ROCKS! That's essentially what I'm saying, right? 13mo

dabbe @Sharpeipup That's a keeper! 🤩 13mo

Amiable @Sharpeipup That‘s definitely going on the list along with fish nuggets. 😄 13mo

GondorGirl My phone likes to auto-correct a certain F swear to "duck!", so now I just say duck. ? I also like to use swears from books, like "blood and bones!" Or "stars above! V 13mo

Ruthiella I like saying “Oh mis gatos” (oh my cats)! 13mo

CBee @Amiable didn‘t I say the cheezit one? I‘m so goofy 😂😂 13mo

CBee @Amiable there was also holy shrimp and grits 😁 I remember when my oldest was little and he just randomly said “OH, PANTS!” So that‘s popular around here 😂😂😂 13mo

Amiable @CBee I ❤️ “OH, PANTS!” So, so much. 😄 13mo

CBee @Amiable 😁😁😁 13mo

Aimeesue @dabbe I‘m from Western MA, and Schenectady, NY was fairly nearby, so that‘s immediately where my head goes when I hear synecdoche. I‘m sure that drove all our HS English teacher nuts. 😂 13mo

dabbe @Aimeesue The 1st time I pronounced it (as a young teacher no less), I said SIN-uh-doshe. Yep. Rhode Scholar over here! 🤣 Until I was gently corrected by my department chair. Oy! 😱 13mo

Aimeesue @dabbe Hey, you don‘t know until you know! And if you mispronounce a word you‘re using correctly, that only means you learned it from reading. Def can be embarrassing, though! 📖 (edited) 13mo

dabbe @Aimeesue I'm glad I can laugh about it now at my age. Such an unimportant thing in this crazy world of life. 13mo

BarbaraJean @Amiable Honestly, it was his name more than anything else!! I don't think he ever knew that I used his name as a curse word among other friends! He came off as an oddly serious guy but showed a little deadpan humor from time to time. Maybe he would have appreciated knowing it, but it was kind of more fun that he didn't. 😆 13mo

Aimeesue @dabbe Indeed! 13mo

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