Favorite SF Profanity

[clayj]

OK, obviously there shouldn't be any use of real profanity in this thread... so what's your favorite fictional profanity? The three that immediately come to mind for me are:

• From the new Battlestar Galactica, we have the wonderful "frak" and its derivations (frakking, frakked up, etc.).
• From Farscape, we have "frell" and its derivations (frelling, frelled up, etc.).
• And from Firefly, the ever-popular "gorram".

What are your favorites? Vote above for one of these three or click Other and tell us what you think.

 

[Nermal]

Smeg!

 

[clayj]

Smeg!

Strictly speaking, "smeg" (from Red Dwarf, right?) is a contraction of a real word... but it's still a good one to throw out there.

 

[Scarlet Fever]

i thought you were talking about my profanity here...

i haven't seen any of them, but i like frell.

 

[CanadaRAM]

Shards! (Shards of the Egg) -- Dragonriders of Pern
Falkercarb (spelling?) -- Oldschool Galactica
Shazbot -- Mork

 

[mad jew]

Strictly speaking, "smeg" (from Red Dwarf, right?) is a contraction of a real word... but it's still a good one to throw out there.

What's the uncontracted (tracted?) word?

 

[WildCowboy]

I'm a bit of a Heinlein fan, so I'll have to go with "frimp" and "kark," as well as the classic portmanteau, "slitch."

 

[nitynate]

I dont like profanity.


But, all this fictional profanity seems fun, from reading the list, I like frak.


FRAK!

 

[clayj]

What's the uncontracted (tracted?) word?

That would be "smegma".

And now I have to go wash my hands.

 

[mad jew]

Oooh, thanks. It's one of those words Ill have to use once a day to get it deeply entwined into my vocabulary.

 

[Nermal]

That would be "smegma".

After reading the dictionary entry, I'm now somewhat embarrassed

 

[mad jew]

Don't be embarrassed. It's quite common.

 

[eva01]

well in firefly they do swear in mandarin i believe.

however i love frack,frak or whatever

 

[clayj]

well in firefly they do swear in mandarin i believe.

however i love frack,frak or whatever

They do use Mandarin to say stuff you can't usually say, but Mal is known to throw a "gorram" out there at least once an episode.

 

[Xeem]

They do use Mandarin to say stuff you can't usually say, but Mal is known to throw a "gorram" out there at least once an episode.

Actually, they say that the Mandarin cursing in Firefly is incredibly intense. I probably would have voted for if the Mandarin if it were an option.

 

[jsw]

I'm a bit of a Heinlein fan, so I'll have to go with "frimp" and "kark," as well as the classic portmanteau, "slitch."

I have to go with the Cowboy on this one. Heinie got a bit out there at the end, but he remains my favorite SF author. It's a close race, but he still wins, and I like his "swear" words as well.

 

[iMeowbot]

Not quite SF, but "Crom's bones" is a fav.

 

[MrSmith]

Don't be embarrassed. It's quite common.

Maybe down your way

 

[Jaffa Cake]

I don't have a fictional profanity that's a particular favourite, but when I looked at the poll and saw 'gorram' it made me think of schizophrenic shotstopper Andy Goram, so I voted for that.

 

[Nermal]

Maybe down your way

Indeed.

 

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

Frell is a nice all-purpose swear word...

I also like smeg head, as an insult, but using that on this boards would probably wake up the ban hamster, and that quickly gets messy...