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What about fictional or ancient religious swears?
When I’m in a gaming VC I sometimes swap in setting-appropriate swears.
What about political figures?
What about cringy internet/gaming references?
I like the in-universe swears from some of Brandon Sanderson's fantasy novels: Rust (rusting, rusted) and storms (storming) come to mind.
A québecoise roommate of mine got her whole office yelling "chicken FRITE" (fried chicken in franglais).
"What the shoes" is kind a fun one. I'll also yell "fudge knuckles!" which doesn't really mean anything but is pretty satisfying to say.
The Wheel of Time has some great ones too.
Blood and bloody ashes
Mother's milk in a cup
Son of a goat's left stone.
See also: Battlestar Galactica
Oh and Firefly, although a lot of that is in Mandarin.
I can do this all day!
~Chosen specialist subject.~
Shitting biscuits!
Foamy gushing twat!
Wank spanner!
Rancid gobstopper!
Juicy fat ballsack!
Piss on a stick!
Sloppy jizz mop!
Spunky pus bucket!
Steaming shit stain!
Thirsty cock gobbler!
Greasy prick spasm!
Fuck a duck!
Crusty cum sock!
William H. tap-dancing Macy on a motherfucking motorcycle!
Retching cunt nugget!
Flacid spunk sock!
Mouldy knob cheese!
Pint of shart!
Gaping arse sleeve!
Pus-filled pussy pocket!
My mom always hated god damnit so I started saying “Dang-ol’ dingus dangit” and it’s stuck for half my life.
Kid friendly, has a satisfying rhythm, silly enough to difuse some of the frustration, and usually gets a laugh
Fucking fuck
Fucking shit
Wtf
What the shit
Fuck me
I mean there are endless combinations
Sometimes simple is best.
Blood and bloody ashes
Bob Saget
A classic
Rather than "god damn" I usually say "gods damn". I'm not religious at all, but I'd rather someone mistake me for a polytheistic pagan than a Christian.
I thought the whole thing was that Christians weren't the ones who use God as a swear word
One of their commandments is to not "take the Lord's name in vain". Modern Christians have interpreted this to mean not using the word 'god' as an interjection or swear. What was actually meant by it was to not use god as a justification for things that do not comport with god's religious teachings. You know, like claiming god says you should hate trans people, or that god has chosen you personally to be in charge of everyone. You know, the exact thing Christians do all the fucking time.
I hold to both interpretations tbh
"Kiss me where the wind blows"
SomethingInGERMAN!!!
Okay, little backstory here. When I was growing up, there was this fighting game called Karnov's Revenge, and it was the 90s, so the characters said little 2 second phrases that more or less sounded like words. My friends and I were fascinated by it, ended up adding many of those phrases to our vocabulary. One of those characters was a giant German wrestler named Marstorius - and some of his phrases were just incomprehensible. So we ended up just yelling "SomethingInGERMAN" when he would pull of his big wresting move. No, not a translation, no actual German words were injured. And boyo did that stick, still say it to this day.
I feel you OP. I do feel silly saying "oh my god" as a reflex utterance considering I'm a lifelong Atheist lmao.
There's gotta be something better than sarcastic takes like South Park saying "oh my science!"
"fuck me in the ass, that's mildly inconvenient"
i mean, if you say so.
Technically, it's basically equivalent to "oh my god", but the Vietnamese phrase Oi Troi Oi is outstanding
Common swear words fall into religious, sexual, and fecal. If you merely want to evade religious, there's plenty to choose from. Shit, ass, fuck, etc.
"oh my fauci"
"thank darwin"
I've started saying "death" as a curse word
SoUnDs LiKe SoMeOnE nEeDs SoMe FrEeDoM fRiEs
Edit: its highly specialised against people like MAGA, the term originates from americans being angry at the french because they critisized a war made by the USA
Alternating case text is more offensive than any profanity
I've apparently offended the entire territory of Quebec with my question, so maybe that's appropriate XD
oh, that was just a suggestion with a topic that i find hilarious
and sorry, i did not want to insult you
(additionally, i am not from Quebec and i probably insult them more with that i dont know where that country is)
Wait are you saying you think Quebec is a country or that you don't know where Canada is? I guess the username is appropriate either way.
oh, its in Canada
sounds like it could be its own country ^^
oops XD
No offense taken by me, no worries. Quebec is a very French province of Canada, so not being allowed to say "French fries" felt fitting, hah.
Just use Russian swears
Only in german
I’ll admit I lurked a bit to see if you’re US- based and it looks like you are. Maybe instead of “Jesus Christ” you can use “Abraham Lincoln?”
Like “Abraham fucking Lincoln in a cabin made of shit logs” could be a satisfactory expression of frustration.
Any name you can remember easily could work; Billy Crystal, Woody Guthrie, Greta Thunberg, even your neighbors or pets’ names.
The others will be a bit tough since they’re so ingrained in our culture but depending how “non-religious” you intend to be you can switch to “curse/hex” and wean yourself off of that into something more secular ¯\(ツ)/¯
I actually LOL'd at Billy Crystal
I think you may be the only commenter who actually read the post.
Could you replace them with the swear words you don't mind saying? Or am I not understanding what you're looking for?
e.g. "For Christ sake" can be replaced with, "for fuck sake".
“Aw biscuits”
