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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” 😜 6mo

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

Iron Kissed

6mo

AmyG When my kids were little our word was…”schnikes” (pronounced shnikeys). (edited) 6mo

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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.) 6mo

wanderinglynn And my niece, who has Down syndrome, used to yell “fish nuggets!” when she was mad. 6mo

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) 6mo

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) 6mo

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 6mo

Sharpeipup Uffda - thanks to living in Minnesota
6mo

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 🤩 6mo

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. 6mo

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. ? 6mo

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) 6mo

Amiable @wanderinglynn I am in love with “fish nuggets” 😄 6mo

Amiable @BarbaraJean Ha ha! What did Dan Bennett do to deserve being immortalized as an alternative curse word? Sounds like a story! 😀 6mo

Amiable @dabbe @amyg I sometimes use “holy schnitzel” which is also almost biblical but not really at all. 😀 (edited) 6mo

Amiable @quietlycuriouskate That‘s a good one! If I can remember how to pronounce it. 😀 (edited) 6mo

Amiable @Tamra That one has a word that strays dangerously close to being one I shouldn‘t yell at work! 😄 6mo

wanderinglynn @Amiable if you want to make it more fun, you can say “holy fish nuggets” which is what her bff would exclaim. 6mo

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? 😀 6mo

Amiable @wanderinglynn I‘m totally adding that to my lexicon. 😄 6mo

Amiable @IndoorDame Ha ha! That‘s awesome! 😄 6mo

Amiable @CSeydel Cheese is such a good one! I‘m thinking “Asiago!” would also be a suitable alternative. 😀 6mo

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 😀 6mo

Susanita Sugarplum fairy! 6mo

Amiable @wanderinglynn I need all the help I can get because I honestly have a mouth like a drunken sailor. 😀 6mo

Aimeesue @dabbe Holy synecdoche just makes me want to say Holy Schenectady, which I‘m obviously to use now. 😂 6mo

Sharpeipup My husband wants to add “mother trucker” 6mo

dabbe @Amiable Now I have “schnitzel with noodles“ running through my head! 🤣 6mo

dabbe @Aimeesue Your spelling ROCKS! That's essentially what I'm saying, right? 6mo

dabbe @Sharpeipup That's a keeper! 🤩 6mo

Amiable @Sharpeipup That‘s definitely going on the list along with fish nuggets. 😄 6mo

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 6mo

Ruthiella I like saying “Oh mis gatos” (oh my cats)! 6mo

CBee @Amiable didn‘t I say the cheezit one? I‘m so goofy 😂😂 6mo

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 😂😂😂 6mo

Amiable @CBee I ❤️ “OH, PANTS!” So, so much. 😄 6mo

CBee @Amiable 😁😁😁 6mo

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. 😂 6mo

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! 😱 6mo

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) 6mo

dabbe @Aimeesue I'm glad I can laugh about it now at my age. Such an unimportant thing in this crazy world of life. 6mo

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. 😆 6mo

Aimeesue @dabbe Indeed! 6mo

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