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andave_ya
, 04-17-2007 at 01:33 PM (2365 Views)
As my family is a Christian, we don't swear. but I do have some "expletives" I use when I need one. Here's my list.

Oh my giddy aunt (which shall henceforth be referred to in this blog as OMGA): I found this one is a book by Brian Jacques and it stuck! I'm guessing it's a play on "Oh my sainted aunt." I use this one when something is really awe-inspiring.

"OMGA, look at the size of that elephant!" Though I must admit, I rarely use it.

"Hang it all", "dash it all", "hang and dash it all", and "confound it all.": good old-fashioned British words from the 1800s and early 1900s.

"Beausol Featheringham Confounditall! Tchah! I'm so old I can't even remember my own moniker!" --Another Brian Jacques quote.

How do you like them? and they aren't copyright. at least, as far as I know.
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  1. Nightshade's Avatar
    youve forgottedn Zounds and oh my painted pants
    my personal favs are "bloody Nora and and Eleanor of Aquitaine" and "Great buckets of flaming rats tails" but thats just me


  2. andave_ya's Avatar
    what gross negligence on my part! Consider your words added to my list, along with

    bloody: bloody kid doesn't even know what she's talking about. (meaning me of course)

    and, courtesy of Captain Jack Sparrow,

    bugger it.
  3. Madhuri's Avatar
    I have never used expletives, but I might start using -- OMGA, Zounds (dont know what that means, it sounds good), and Great buckets of flaming rats tails
  4. kathycf's Avatar
    I tend to think the use of expletives can be excused under certain circumstances. I find them vulgar in common usage, but I confess I use them under duress. However, I have been known to scream "Oh fiddle!" once in a while.
  5. andave_ya's Avatar
    They are vulgar. That's why under duress, for me anyways. I've a friend who says, "oh snap" when something unpleasant comes up. But I think it's from a book or movie.
  6. Neo_Sephiroth's Avatar
    Hey. I've got a friend who says that! "Oh, snap!" Not my style. Though I am trying to quit or, at least, replace expletives that I might have used in the past.
  7. kilted exile's Avatar
    I dont think you'll get away with "bugger it". I remember when I was 6 this girl in my class was annoying me (like all girls did at that age) I shouted at her to bugger off. Needless to say my teacher was unimpressed, which was only made worse when she asked me what I had to say for myself and I responded: "Pardon my French" ~ I thought it was helluva funny she did not
  8. andave_ya's Avatar


    ok, scratch that. only use bugger it when speaking to eccentric pirates with unsavory reputation and gallant natures.
  9. Countess's Avatar
    Eccentric pirates, unsavory reputations...Captain Jack Sparrow. Love Johnny Dee. Love OB more though - alot more. Heh. Heh. Heh.

    And KathyCF, I totally agree with you. I recently posted on some site (I forgot which) that the F-Bomb has a place in language, but not in between common nouns and verbs, as if it were a standard adjective, ie: "How the f-bomb are you? Do you want to f-bomb go to a f-bomb restaurant to eat?"

    Now, it's a great conflict resolution word, ie "F-Bomb you!", but other than that, it's totally vulgar.

    As a child I used to call others anal orifices, because they didn't know what I was saying. (--: Now I usually swear in German or another foreign language.