Fuckin' A!

My boss (who is the daughter of a baptist minister) even goes so far as to say "I swanee" instead of "I swear." She also sayd "What in the name of Sam Hill" which sounds so quaint. One of my favorites is "Cheese and crackers."

I'm fond of "cotton picking," as in "wait just a cotton picking minute!"

except then one runs the risk of sounding like Foghorn Leghorn.
(i say, i say, i say...)

I know a lady who says
"cheese and rice"

I'm agin' all that cotton-pickin' hoohaw about not sayin' them words you know you really wanna say! Especially stuff like "cheese and rice," "sugar," and "fudge." It's just silly. In my humble O.

But then again, I'm agin' the radio fuckers saying you can't say that shit on the air, too. There's a place for swearing, and WXDU is it, goddammit!

But then again, Xta, I support your right to swear in whatever manner you see fit. Dag-gum right.

we swear a lot, here at home. So I try to say "fudge" or "cripes" every once and a while to even it out. But it's a losing battle.

"Fudge" and "Turdification" are two I use around here. Of course, if you really want to go 30s style, you can try "fargin' bastidges" "cork sucker!"

I'm saying all of these things this week -- out of sorts with a cold and doing dumb things like losing my wallet and putting ice cream in the refrigerator instead of the freezer.

"Turdification" is good. I'll use that one.

In his novels, Chester Himes makes repeated use of the word "motherraper," presumably in place of "motherfucker." this has always struck me as odd considering that its a case where the new expression is far WORSE than the curse it is meant to replace.

that being said, my favorite 1950s curse is "shitbird."

goodness, you people are resourceful!!

being good friday and all, perhaps it's appropriate (ha!) to discuss the variations of "jesus christ!" as a cuss word. "jesus christ on a popsicle stick" has always been a favorite of mine.

of course, some people take try to sanitize the religious epithets *too* much, with things like "H-E-double hockey sticks!"

oh, by the way, i just discovered that my spam filter is prohibiting some of the more vivid comments (such as rick's, above). if you have naughty words to share and have trouble doing so, feel free to cuss me out via email (christa@singintomymouth.com) and i'll post 'em for you.

I think there's an episode of the Simpsons where Ned Flanders spells out "heck" cos he doesn't want to say it.
My fave blasphemous exclamation is "jesus christ razorblade" which I horked from the British music geeks I used to know back in the 80s/90s.

Read your blog on cursing. That's hilarious. I apparently say lots of old fashioned things that drive Scott nuts, he says he didn't know he married an 80 year old woman.

I say that my kids are full of bean when they are being rambunctious, I say "son of a biscuit eater", I say "fudge" instead of fuck around the kids...........

I also say "what the fuh-hell...." which makes me laugh and annoys him endlessly. some sportscaster said that during a football game on TV once.......

My favorite ,that I have resurrected to annoy him, is saying that someone is full of The Old Ned, which apparently was a whiskey. This is something my greatgrandmother used to say about people who were obnoxious.

and let us not forget "you fargin iceholes"