Swearing is a common way for people to express their emotions and frustrations, but it can also be a source of conflict or discomfort in certain social and professional situations. For some individuals, swearing may be explicitly prohibited by their workplace, religious beliefs, or personal values. In these cases, finding alternative phrases or euphemisms can be a useful way to express oneself without risking offense or punishment.
I’m not allowed to swear so I say stuff like "freaking", "shoot" and most notably "fudgeknuckles" to avoid punishment. I’ve heard stuff like "frubida" and have recently adopted "shiitake" and I’m eager to hear what you say. I also wanted to find out what are the other alternatives people use, so I decided to ask the Bored Panda community: “What is the most ridiculous thing you say so you don’t swear?” Scroll down to see what the answers were.
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Sometimes, when I'm really pissed, I moo instead of swearing. Don't ask me why, I don't know either.
I say male bovine fecal matter for BS. And once said “The male bovine fecal matter has really hit the rapidly rotating bladed object.” It was quite entertaining to watch my boss try to work it out.
That sounds like something from “Strange Planet.”
Load More Replies...Lol I like your style.... I used to blurt out the word "expletives" at work lol
Load More Replies...I had a teacher in hs who would say "Oooh, foul words..." He was a great teacher:D.
1. Mother-father
2. Dog farts
3. Got-dandruff-some-of-it-itches
4. Son of a biscuit
Lol... I say ”son of a biscuit eating bulldog" and people tend to look at me funny. Number 3 is genius tho. Totally gonna steal that one 😂
One of my former co-workers often used "Son of a beehive!' That rubbed off onto several of us.
Load More Replies...MOTHER-PHEASANT-PLUCKER UNHOLY-SOCK-CAUKER. HAMBURGER PUTRIFICATION EXCREMENT (Or excretia).
Oo I say son of a biscuit all the time, ever since I was a teen!!! No idea where I picked it up...
I would imagine someone swearing in medieval languages, like thou art a cookie or something.
I like using breakfast cereal names to insult people. You GrapeNut, You're being a total Fruitloop, etc...
I’d love to go up to someone and be like “you absolute weetabix!!”
Load More Replies...An actual saying from Roman times: "Finally, the Gods removed c**k from a**!"
fudge nuggets, gosh dang nabbit and shiitaki mudhrooms.
Dang that was supposed to say shiitaki mushrooms 🤣
When I first read shiitake at a restaurant I thought it was s**t-take and asked the waitress for the s**t take pizza 😭
yeah.... i think those sound more deranged than actually letting the swear words fly.
YEEEEEES! "Shiitake mushrooms," is the perfect save after letting s#!t slip out. Plus, they're delicious 🤤
OML I ALSO SAY FUDGE NUGGETS either that or potato nuggets it depends XD
Fekkin' is one of my favorites. That and "for the love of ballpoint pens".
I used to get chipped for that as a kid. My Mum said it's intent in the show was a swear word so it counted as a swear word. I mean technically that's right so I couldn't argue.
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One time I stubbed my toe in school and went "FFFFFF" and then slowly went "...fructose." The teacher was skeptical. I also really like bull-spit and just any medieval or creative curse, such as beaver dam and God Daniel it.
ohhhhhhhh, that makes sense
Load More Replies...You sound like a kid I know who always starts swearing and then switches it quickly
a girl in my school was like shiiiiiiii- and a teacher turned round the corner and stared at her and she was like eighoilkihjdhf after and just stopped.
Load More Replies...Hey, I used to live in a town called Beaver Dam. It may have been cursed now that I think about it. It's in Kentucky.
I use "fish sticks!" on occasion as an avoidance of the F bomb.
Idiotic brain-damaged booger pickin chicken butt! It’s one sentence.
Still using this myself since the last series of "Line of Duty"!!!
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"Monkeyface". Do you want to hear the evolution of why I say that? If not, too bad.
So, when I was little, I liked Spy Kids. The main character, Carmen, says "Oh, shiitake mushrooms" bc she can't curse. So I started saying it until my mom told me it was an actual curse word (oops).
My mom says "shmonks" when she's trying not to curse, which is a derivative of "shiitake mushrooms". So I started saying "monkeyface".And now when I stub my toe I scream: ‘Holy goodness!’, but the ‘monkeyface’ thing was cool for a while.
This thread is about things people say so they DON'T swear. I have 5 siblings under the age of 10. I can't swear even if I wanted to.
Load More Replies...Shiitake mushrooms are mushrooms…?? It’s used so much some people consider it an actual curse word?
I heard it in Spy Kids. That's all I know about it XD.
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Dirty poodles. Worked in an animal shelter for a spell and also am certified in pet grooming. Ever try to groom a very dirty poodle?
only grimy and sticky cotton balls. more like the end of a used q-tip
Load More Replies...Have you ever tried to use "Bubbles" as a swear word? It never comes angry. I imagine poodles has a similar ring to it.
This one was completed by accident... Wanted to say 'son of a b**ch' but it came out 'bunny snitches'. Now my go-to!
I just try to run out of momentum before I get to the swear words, so something like, "Dirty rotten lousy miserable pathetic excuse for a..." until I eventually give up.
I hug my dog instead of swearing. Don't ask why, I don't know.
aww! wish i can do that with my fish, but he a hungry boi and can bite, and tries to eat my hands. yet he de size of my thumb
so funny can you fallow me plllllsss ineed a follower
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Pants, shoes, and 'oh for the love of cheese and crackers'.
My grandma used to say, “Chuck it, Farley!” One night after a few drinks, she switched it around to Charley and shocked herself!
I find myself saying...Jesus Christ on a ten speed! I have no idea why.
Holy guacamole!
I Also say "you! You foul loathsome evil little cockroach!" when someone makes me mad To quote Hermione granger
Be sure to give that punch after the power line!
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What in Cthulhu's name and H-E-Single Asgardian Hockey Stick.
I just like Norse mythology and Hel is the Norse goddess of the underworld/death
Load More Replies...I never figured out how to pronounce Cthulhu. I do use H-E-double hockey sticks since I heard it in an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer once.
Grasshole and fudge.
Sweet Baby Pancakes is my "holy s**t." Also, "son of a motherless goat," which is from the Three Amigos.
that one I hear a lot of when my son-in-law and his 3 sons are playing games.
You absolute- followed by any word you want. Examples are you absolute dishwasher, you absolute fridge, you absolute chicken-headed dog water. If you want actual swearwords substitutes I’m not that helpful since almost everyone just uses the actual word here.
Not really bizarre, but I say ‘What the Fred’ and ‘Holy Sharon’.
"Frickadoodle"
One time I stubbed my toe in school and went "FFFFFF" and then slowly went "...fructose." The teacher was skeptical. I also really like bull-spit and just any medieval or creative curse, such as beaver dam and God Daniel it.
I growl deeply. I dunno why, but I do it all the time. They aren't quiet little growls either.
My poor throat. . .
I´m doing this since my childhood - since my parents banned swearing :D
My people once agreed that I was the only angry/dog/growling wanna be ever! I'm happy to know I'm not alone!
i do this but i grew up with dogs so i probably got it from them lol
Oh balderdash!
"Puppies and kittens!!!" and when that's not enough, "Puppies and kittens everywhere!".
I do this! Was always food but then stared watching A Nation an that's their word for zombies and it works well for just about any situation where cussing may be warranted lol. Confuses people too
Holy crepe
Came from my neighbors a few years ago, was friends with their kid and they didn't like it when I said c**p around them, so it became carp and then eventually crepe
Well Spit Fluff Where didn't you learn how to drive Go cuddle a cactus
"WHERE *DIDN'T* YOU LEARN HOW TO DRIVE" OHMY LORD THIS IS THE BEST THING EVER
Ahh, Fudgesicles, and Lollipops!
Not sure how my brain came up with it but it works.
MotherHell
For the love of God and the Seven Devils. Or sicker than Sam's parrot!
Rocks!!!!
Ah I see a man of culture as well. Does anyone else know where it's from XD
Hallo Internet adopted sibling. I'm the password child.
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"Blort." A substitute for all the swear words.
Blort!
Holy blort!
What a blort!
I randomly came up with it when I was 10-ish and I still say it :P
Trying to teach my kids not to swear, my youngest son decided to just use that word literally. He looks you dead in the eye and says “swearword”
What the chocolate fudge!
I was once reading a very old book where, instead of cursing they used the expression "¡Cáscaras!" (Shells, in English - like those from peanuts-). And it got deep rooted in my brain. Now I say "¡Cáscaras!" Whenever I try not to curse.
My husband went back to college and took a lit class where he read Plato, so we started referring to sex organs as "privy parts", and that is what our kids grew up calling them.
Son of a motherless baconator is my favorite one
Racka-frackin’ filibunkin' bortin'. No one can curse without swearing like Yosemite Sam! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWYFxekoAsM
Sometimes i also strat bleeping, like r2 d2. He had a seriously filthy mouth. Bleeped everything he says
How about the father in "A Christmas Story" when he was having one of his battles with the house furnace?
Instead of m*****f****** I choose instead to say MOTHER NATURE
I either switch to Spanish or say either piss, cheeky, flying monkey, and hint at the bad word (ex: ahh mother-! Or sonofa-)
Yup, I switch to German; here in the U.S. And when I am in the German speaking parts of Europe I switch to what an Albanian construction worker once yelled after us (in my teenage years) when we stole his beer. And yes, I do remember it to this day, because I used it so often since, but to this day I have no idea what it means.
What The Fazuli? or any Ice Cream flavor that comes to mind e.g. Why in the Mint Chocolate Chip would you do that?
Shooty la marde. Dagnabbit!
Not me, I live by the "Swearing is good for you" camp, but my dad does an angry drawn out "G*d bless Armenia." Instead of G*d D*mn it (Notes, some religions protest writing the name of the lord and I try to respect them, hence the self censorship)
during a "camping trip" my mom walked into the bathroom, realized there was no toilet paper, almost cursed but proceeded to say "JESUS MARY AND JOSEPH BLESS THIS BATHROOM!" she sometimes says god bless america or jesus mary and joseph instead of swearing i guess she combined the two (me and my little brother still laugh about it to this day lol)
Whistle. My husband learnt it, if I'm whistling, I'm not in agood mood, I'm too mad to be asked if or why I'm angry. In 5-15 minutes of whistling, it calms me down too.
Are you me? Seriously, I can't whistle and I can't curl my tongue. Could they be related?
Load More Replies...Golly whing-whang Shish kebab Bullfeathers, bullcrud Fumbling, flying Motherflipper
Christ on a Cracker! Oh wait....that's still cussing, isn't it? Pooper scooper!!
How is saying Jesus Christ or Christ still cussing? I said it in work one day and someone cubicles yonder was like "Whoa. Language."
3rd Commandment: You shall not use the name of your Lord God in vain.
Load More Replies...I say, "what the heek are you mother flowers doing!" I've said this when the little kids at school are too loud and obnoxious.
Two that I picked up from my husband. Son of a Biscuit. And Mother Puss Bucket. but since I've been living in the South, "Bless their heart" has come into my vocabulary.
Yes! Bless their heart is one of my top cusses now (thank you Celia Rivenbark)
i say this: wHy In ThE hAm sAnDwIcH wOuLd U dO tHaT??? and what the cheesy potato skins are u doing?
Furgermurger! Dipped (This one gets shouted to bad drivers. They can't hear me but I still say it.)
what the fudge cakes?!!!!
Frack. I watched too much Battlestar Galactica.
Booger snot when you forget something or something is not cooperating
I go with zark, because usually the person I'm arguing with hasn't read The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy.
"let's get zappy", when i'm ready to leave someplace i didn't want to be in the first place.
“Barstools”. “Oh fffff”. “Sugar”. “You little scumble” if it’s a cat I’m cross with. “You little buglers”, again to the cats.
Heckity heck is my favorite, although I also like frick, sometimes I say carp instead of crap, I call people muffinbutts and it’s really fun for some reason… holey jeans, etc etc
Whenever something is starting to go bad I try to stay positive but when I can’t I just go straight to “well… heck”
“Cheese!”
Anything in this list with a & after the word means that I don't know if it counts or not. Sh** = Crap& or Scheisse (Sh** in German) He** = Heck (Duh) F-Word = Frigg& Also stuff like "shEEEEEEEEEEEOUOUOUTTT
Fut the wuck. Fudge nuggets. (My "go to" used to be the F-Bomb.)
I say chupacabra... And no, I don't know why.
instead of calling someone a b***h I call them a piece of bread. My parents still don't know that's what it means.
Very frequently use things like "shoot" "heck" "dang", but I got my more unusual one from a couple of my favorite clean YouTube channels. Both DanTDM and J from the SuperCarlinBrothers just use "BUTTS!!" as a replacement for swearing. So now I say it all the time 🍑
Once hit my knee at work, started to yell sh.. and then changed midword to shinanigans so I wouldn't get in trouble. Stuck with me. Also use Good Gravy and gurgle shmurgle from the movie Black Cauldren.
Holy Christmas!
I say “holy cats!” Or “for the love of everything pink and purple polka dotted!!”.
Oh fiddlesticks, diddley dang it, Sheeshkabob, You Marshmallow of Satan, Sometimes I just scream, beep, and make weird sounds too. I have no idea where marshmallows of Satan came from, to be honest.
I should probably explain the Marshmallows of Satan since I remembered. I was sitting by a fire, eating marshmallows when my friend compared me to the devil. So I shouted the first thing that came to mind. YOU MARSHMELLOW OF SATAN. I still use it to this day. My friend still teases me to this day.
Oh my gods, schist, do immortales, γαμώ(the f word in Greek), and gods of Olympus. Yeah I’m a pjo fan if y’all couldn’t tell.
Can’t forget the good ol’ dam. Lmfao. Only pjo fans will get that reference. -__-
“What in the holiness of chicken nuggets” “Freaking Mare” “FRICK” “Shoot” “Crop” “Hoover Dam”
Not ridiculous per se, but sometimes I start today sh!t, and jut end up going shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
For the love of Peter, Paul, and Mary; Jiminy Christmas; What the H. E. Double Hockey Stick
Why did no one add Cheesus Crust yet?
"Argh! BIG FLAMING PANTALOONS!". Don't ask me why. Blurted it out accidently years ago and it just...stuck.
I turn i to Ned Flanders and say Diddily Darn
What the “flying fudge” is that? Or I don’t give a “flying fudge” And since I couldn’t add a photo, here is a link https://www.redbubble.com/i/kids-t-shirt/What-the-FLYING-FUDGE-by-Herefor1reason/31435022.MZ153
"mother-fluffer" and 'razzum-frazum' are my go to's.
My mother came up with chicken f--------, thinking it was less offensive than m-------- f-----. I can't say whether it was, but I laughed whenever she used it.
Son of a dog Frick you F**k f**k f**k fecky f**k dangnabbit Holy cheese
Note- It may be censored but it was not a swear word (technically)
Add on common things like: what on the chicken nuggets?! For the frickity fracks sake!
"Fiddlesticks" "N'Luuura" (that is from a book series, same meaning as hell) "Fuzz and fluffles" "Fek" "Rude!"
Son of a nutcracker, Oh my goodie goodie gumdrops, bang dang it Micheal (I don’t even know who Micheal is) and Fiddlesticks.
Fudge-cracken-pots. Altogether just as it sounds. I also had a friend years ago from Spain and she would always say "bananas", it was lovely with her accent. It has been 12 years and I still say it because of her.
S***= shoot or crap F***= freak/freaking A**holea**wipe= ozweepay (it’s from an old Saturday night live skit; search it up!)
Long time ago I knew a sweet little old lady whose favoured curse word was phenyle! Myself, I tend to use thiiiiiit!
Go eat spaghetti out of a shoe!
Krum, mother trucker
oh ffffuuuuun times!
Sugar Honey Ice Tea
i remember when i was a smol boi i had just heard the word b*********y (disgusting right) so i was getting mad at the homework i had so i loudly screamed B********Y i had no idea wat it meant but i was still grounded for a week lol
I saw "Crap doodles" a lot. I honestly like it more than swearing. I still swear a lot, but Ive been able to rein it in more by saying that lol.
I have quite a few. Some of them... Sweet serendipity doo daw day! Fudge knuckers! Frog's breath! Achalavida! Dag nabbit! Darn tootin!
it wasn't me, but I heard a lady in the store say " I'm fed up with your shhenanigans" haha good catch lady
what the frick frack diddily dack patty whack snick snack crack pack crackerjack train track quarterback biofeedback thumb tack tic-tac just happened?
Ay! I use this!! but I usually use it when I stub my toe or something, cause as I get to the middle of it, I start to laugh and it helps a little with the pain. Gets me distracted
Too many! I have the classics (frick, heck...) but then there's "holy carp", "holy crudbuckets", "frackdiddlydumptious", "fudgeknuckles", "fudge nuggests", "son of a biscuit", "what the actual flippers", "bullsheepgoatpoop" (don't ask), "oh chiz", "holy cheeseburger", and way too many more...
i say: aiefjowjweifjaoeifj;aeiofj;eoifja;eoif
aah-ee-I-fuh-juh-ow-juh-wuh-eh-ih-fuh-juh-ah-ouh-eh-..........
Load More Replies...Several years ago I started saying "Holy Christmas Trees". Now my adult children say it, too!
Somebody forgot to chlorinate the gene pool again, and I'll bet the Jack that aired you is proud today!
"Mickey fricky" I watched a TV edited version of Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing when I was young. Every time a character said MF, it was edited as mickey fricky. So, to this day, that's what I use when it's inappropriate to curse.
I cuss like a kindergarten teacher on a break, but I am trying so hard to not say GD or JC. Don't ask. I know it makes no sense, but anyway, instead I say Gee-Hay-Zues. I have no idea how I came up with that or what, but it helps. IF I try not to cuss it's usually, Son of a Busicut, or Friggin, or Son of a Beach.
I worked for the government for a while and had to talk to people in the phone all day long, I developed the habit of saying “oh my goodness gracious” instead of “oh ffs!” Also I have a habit of saying “Christ in a Cream Cheese Sauce” instead of the “f-word”- from a book I read as a teen!
For the love of all things Holy, For the love of guns and ammo (when I am really mad), What the what, Audit you, What the actual idiotic foolery, I hope your pizza is always soggy, Litter lover (no idea where that one came from)
What the chiz??? 😡 Holy chiz- 😳 Oh chiz… 😒 Like “cheese” but fun to say. And it’s not “ch eye z” it’s “ch is z” Also when insulting I say You buttface!! 😤 Oh, don’t be a buttface. 🙄
Mother Butler. I heard Melissa McCarthy say it in her Spy movie and it made me laugh. I've used it since then.
When my daughter was young: I’m going to kick your donkey! AND “Shiit”ake mushrooms. To this day - I’m 50 & she’s 26 - we say this regardless of where we are or who we’re talking to/about. Crazy LOL
c**k
When We ( hubby and myself) found out i was pregnant we made pizza our swearword So we got used to it and now we dont swear in front of our kid So pizza
Planker (Wa**) Prit-Stick (Prick), Door K**b, Flosser (Toss**), Custard (Bas**), Twix (Tw*t) Also love the ones from Upstart Crow like Bastable and Bollingbrookes :)
I say the name of a place in Scotland, Ecclefechan, because when you say it with feeling it sounds just like a swear word. Oh, Ecclefechan.......!!!!
Same. XD I swear up a blue streak. My only exceptions are when small children are close enough to hear me - I'll switch to "heck" or "darn" if I mentally catch myself in time. Otherwise, swear words are just words. Acting like they're some kind of FORBIDDEN!!!! thing is stupid.
Load More Replies...Evidently I'm not supposed to teach other people's children swear words during their English class.
Load More Replies...I say "good golly." In 2022. I'm a Millennial. I have no idea where I picked it up, but I do sound like I walked out of a black and white cartoon.
I say “excuse me sir what in the frapping dingleberries is going on here?”
Baby sat my grandson for a few years - he had a habit of repeating ad-nauseum any thing he found strange or funny - especially swear words. So my wife and I worked out swear words in advance - mine was "GUMMY BEARS" which if said real loud with a great deal of venom comes out quite well. For some weird reason my wife used "mens underpants".
I don't swear, I mostly use sounds for my displeasure. Like if I constantly drop things, I go uuuugh..or I groan. It's not because I don't like swearing or anything, I just don't do it.
Same. XD I swear up a blue streak. My only exceptions are when small children are close enough to hear me - I'll switch to "heck" or "darn" if I mentally catch myself in time. Otherwise, swear words are just words. Acting like they're some kind of FORBIDDEN!!!! thing is stupid.
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Load More Replies...I say "good golly." In 2022. I'm a Millennial. I have no idea where I picked it up, but I do sound like I walked out of a black and white cartoon.
I say “excuse me sir what in the frapping dingleberries is going on here?”
Baby sat my grandson for a few years - he had a habit of repeating ad-nauseum any thing he found strange or funny - especially swear words. So my wife and I worked out swear words in advance - mine was "GUMMY BEARS" which if said real loud with a great deal of venom comes out quite well. For some weird reason my wife used "mens underpants".
I don't swear, I mostly use sounds for my displeasure. Like if I constantly drop things, I go uuuugh..or I groan. It's not because I don't like swearing or anything, I just don't do it.
