Betty by Gary Delainey and Gerry Rasmussen for March 04, 2023

It’s not the word, it’s the passion behind it.

My Grandpa’s substitute was “Son of a biscuit eater.” I can’t think of a single time I heard him swear.

Your indoctrination is nearly complete

A rose by any other name is still a rose; no matter how you say it its foundation still is a cuss word and intent is equal to action. Unless you’re a politician, then brains are required and based on their actions in the past 7 years they are for the most part unarmed!

A nose by any other name would smell the same!

My fathers curse word when he got mad was Sugar .He’d be 114 still miss him

Crystal Gale sang: Donut make my brown blue.

Use old-timey swears like “dagnabit”, drat, darn, heck etc. Make up some. I’ve cured myself of cursing by saying things like, “For Pete’s sake”, and “oh dear!” Sounds kind of old lady-ish, but I AM the grandmother of 5, so….I’m allowed. I used to drop the F-bomb a lot. Not anymore. But you gotta say SOMETHING. LOL.

FRAK “A pure expletive that has no meaning whatsoever.”

“Swearing Can Actually Be Good for Your Health”

healthline.com/health-news/dont-watch-your-mouth-swearing-can-actually-be-good-for-your-health

Try that in Tim Hortons and see if you get better service.

I grew up with tons and tons of children’s comic books, so at my quite advanced age, I still exclaim “Jumpin’ Jehoshephat!” with complete seriousness.

As I like to say, replacement swears is all about context. Saying “fricking” as a substitute for the F-word is an improvement, profanitywise. Calling a black guy a “nodder” as a replacement for the N-word, especially if you’re white, is still inappropriate.

“Oh, Fu…dge!”

Pick up another language, or at least some of the vocabulary.

I went to a one room school, grades 1 to 6, 25 kids in total.. and at one time someone came up with an invented word “awug” to use in place of the standard f—-. so we could swear without our teacher getting upset. Often wondered later in life it that word really meant anything in a different language.

So Mark Twain’s wife got fed up with his habit of swearing and repeated to him all of his profanity sans inflection. He said, “My dear, you know the words, but not the music.”

Cue the Village People.https://youtu.be/avL3mOt7Qi0

Mom was fond of a phrase she found in Pogo: “Frugal Rutabaga!”

In Lethargic Lad the non-swear word was “Krunk.” In Nodwick it was “Krutz.”

In a Sunday Rick O’Shay Rick is doing a piece of carpentry and hits his thumb. He proclaims, “Schmird!” (in blackletter.) His adoptive son Quyat repeats it, joyfully. Rick spanks him hard. Quyat looks resentful and repeats “Schmird!” only with real f/ire behind it.

I like “Cheese and crackers”

Oh for ducks sake. We all have our words when we are mad or frustrated. It’s human nature.