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Post by thyme4change on Apr 10, 2013 12:53:55 GMT -5
I'm looking for replacement words for the ones that will get my kids suspended from school. My husband and I both have a rude vocabulary, and I'm hoping if we work on replacing words with other words, maybe we can postpone our children being caught with the language too many times.
"It is all jacked up" works well
For some reason, we started saying "Fart Buckets" instead of just exclaiming "F*ck!"
What are some others I can bring in?
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Post by midjd on Apr 10, 2013 12:59:03 GMT -5
I hear "shut the front door!" a lot in lieu of STFU...
The edits they use for movies played on TV are pretty good sometimes, although they all seem to be food-related.
"Casserole" = asshole "Cheese and rice" = Jesus Christ
I don't really know any others, but will be eyeing this thread with interest. DH and I have the vocabulary of cranky sailors and I'd rather not have one of those kids who screams obscenities before s/he can walk.
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Post by mollyanna58 on Apr 10, 2013 12:59:44 GMT -5
My dad used to exclaim "God bless America!" at the top of his lungs instead of cursing.
I tend to use "shoot" or "sugar", "phooey" or "fudge".
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Post by kcladyjane on Apr 10, 2013 13:00:07 GMT -5
Fudge instead of f*ck. Darn or dang instead of d*mn. Shoot instead of sh*t. Gosh dang it instead of god d*mnit.
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Post by justme on Apr 10, 2013 13:00:07 GMT -5
I'll sometimes say fricking or fracking instead of fucking. Usually strung together - fricking fracking idiots. Apparently I'm an inner nerd because one time I said that my nerd friends were astonished since frack comes from some show. Never saw it or heard of it, no idea where I picked it up, kinda thought I was just making up words that were close enough to roll of the tongue the same but not get the evil eye from my parents.
Would they get in trouble for the usual replacement words? Dang it, screw you, crap...I could get away with those in school but that was 10+ years ago.
ETA: I know you said words, but somehow in our family putting up your pinky finger because the nice version of flipping someone off. It was funny when my mom started using it too.
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Post by thyme4change on Apr 10, 2013 13:02:18 GMT -5
LOL - I like that one. We use "Jackhole" sometimes.
I've also used Rooster = cock
and Clustermess for clusterf*ck[/span]
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2013 13:03:58 GMT -5
I just asked the kids and apparently I don't substitute, just add words... Crapazoli and shit a bullet are apparently pretty common...
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Post by Cookies Galore on Apr 10, 2013 13:04:39 GMT -5
Mother fletcher
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Post by CarolinaKat on Apr 10, 2013 13:05:45 GMT -5
Frak is from Battlestar Gallacticia. My niece says "WHAT THE FRAK?" instead of WTF and for some reason it sounds just as bad to me as the real cussword. It's the phrase and attidude that goes with it that I find coming out of the 9-yo objectionable and not so much the curse/non-curse word.
Maybe I'm weird.
My grandmother used Pooh-dolly to describe ladies' privates.
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Post by Bob Ross on Apr 10, 2013 13:06:24 GMT -5
My recommendation is to use Britishy words like "twat", "minge", "quim" and "bell-end", as the teachers probably don't know what those are. I'd advise to use "c*nt", but they probably know that one. ![](http://images.proboards.com/new/sad.png)
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Post by kittensaver on Apr 10, 2013 13:07:24 GMT -5
I'm a fan of jackhole. The way-more-vanilla expression 'idiot' also works well.
We also like friggin'
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Post by Rocky Mtn Saver on Apr 10, 2013 13:07:38 GMT -5
Frak is from Battlestar Gallacticia. My niece says "WHAT THE FRAK?" instead of WTF and for some reason it sounds just as bad to me as the real cussword. It's the phrase and attidude that goes with it that I find coming out of the 9-yo objectionable and not so much the curse/non-curse word. Maybe I'm weird. My grandmother used Pooh-dolly to describe ladies' privates. LOL, I've been known to go with What the Frell, which is from Farscape. Harder to be misunderstood than Frak. ![](http://images.proboards.com/new/wink.png)
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Post by thyme4change on Apr 10, 2013 13:08:15 GMT -5
My son said "What the fart" the other day. It took us a minute to realize he had said "fart" and we told him to be careful, because if anyone (like teachers, etc.) hear that and think he said something else, and he gets in trouble, we will back the school up on that one.
We aren't trying to teach our kids not to curse, as I'm pretty sure that will fail. We are trying to teach them to pick and choose where and when they do it, and who they do it in front of. That is the best we can hope for.[/span]
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2013 13:08:18 GMT -5
Gorram too, from firefly.
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Post by justme on Apr 10, 2013 13:10:39 GMT -5
My recommendation is to use Britishy words like "twat", "minge", "quim" and "bell-end", as the teachers probably don't know what those are. I'd advise to use "c*nt", but they probably know that one. ![](http://images.proboards.com/new/sad.png) Twat is most definitely in the American vocabulary.
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Apr 10, 2013 13:12:23 GMT -5
I tend to just tell them that those are words for adult use only and that if they get caught using them, the will not like the results. I have a hard time keeping the originals from escaping when I'm really ticked off. My grandma has some colorful phrases: shit a monkey is a favorite. Lady parts were always Magnolia, as in: that skirt was cut all the way to her magnolia. ![](http://images.proboards.com/new/grin.png)
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2013 13:15:47 GMT -5
I don't care if they say them. I tell them to know thir audience/ venue. And emphasize that a person who only has one vocabulary, peppered with swear words, is not likely o be well received, taken seriously, considered intelligent, etc...
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Apr 10, 2013 13:16:57 GMT -5
Poohbah. Poop on a stick. Son of a biscuit/beach. ARRRRRGGGGGHHHHHH.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2013 13:18:22 GMT -5
bo-jangling = BS-ing
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2013 13:22:42 GMT -5
my nana used to say "Jiminy Cricket" and "cheese and crackers" instead of curses. We don't really curse, but we make up words anyway, like "craptacular".
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Post by movingforward on Apr 10, 2013 13:47:36 GMT -5
My dad used to say "fiddle sticks"
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Post by ontrack on Apr 10, 2013 13:55:45 GMT -5
my dad used to say "piffle".
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Post by sheilaincali on Apr 10, 2013 14:01:22 GMT -5
mollyanna- My mom said "Oh, God Bless America" all the time when we were kids. Then I noticed my BFF saying that now as adults.
We say "Frak" quite often. Son of a biscuit. Crap on Toast. Fishsticks. Tarter Sauce.
Now that DS is 15 we are less careful with our vocabulary.
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Post by amishgal on Apr 10, 2013 14:01:45 GMT -5
Sonofabiscuit - say this all the time What the flip?! ClusterCuss - basically just replace any bad word with the word cuss, learned that from Fantastic Mr. Fox
Beth, I thought I was the only one who said "poop on a stick" ha! DD came up with a new one the other day, "bag of farts".
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Post by busymom on Apr 10, 2013 14:02:55 GMT -5
I always liked Murphy Brown's "crapfest", but I don't know if the schools would frown on that... I use "sugar" instead of "sh!t, & "fudge" for the "f" word, or "effenheimer". ![](http://images.proboards.com/new/wink.png)
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Post by alabamagal on Apr 10, 2013 14:43:21 GMT -5
I have heard people use "effing" instead of fxxxing
There is a county in south Ga name Effingham, so we got a good chuckly going there.
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Post by MB-NY on Apr 10, 2013 15:01:59 GMT -5
I try to watch my language with mixed results, so I can often be heard yelling "Horse Hockey" in place of "Bullsh*t". I stole that one from Col. Potter on MASH.
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Post by genericname on Apr 10, 2013 15:35:18 GMT -5
I use dummy for dumbass, jackwagon for asshole, darnit for damnit. I often slip and use the full form of bullsh!t when talking to my hubby with the boy in earshot. He did say dumbass the other day, because I let one slip when we were driving home from daycare. ![](http://syonidv.hodginsmedia.com/vsmileys/shucks2.png)
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2013 16:13:09 GMT -5
frick buckets. knights of columbus - I think that's from Anchorman..."Oh, Knights of Columbus that hurt!" jackwagon - regularly used in traffic when other drivers tick me off. Jesus Cristo ... said in Spanish. not sure that's any better.
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Post by Happy prose on Apr 10, 2013 17:51:04 GMT -5
Mother father for MF. Son of a witch. Holy moly. That's all when I'm not mad though. ![](http://images.proboards.com/new/smiley.png)
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