January 12, 2009

Freakin', frickin', friggin' ...

Dang I'm tired of hearing these wienified variations from commercials, television shows, and the mouths of my children. Shoot, people: It's the F word. If you mean it, say it. And if for some reason you must instead use a diluted euphemism, find one that doesn't sound exactly like the word you're trying to not quite say. Go for one that's really silly, the way they dub R movies for broadcast. Get what I'm saying, motherfooler? If not, forget you!

Since we kick it PG-13 here at the Wordshed, I prefer "emmereffin'," which I stole from Maureen.

In a separate but related rant, I also like it when people say "bugger" as a way of avoiding "bastard" or something. Like, if you call my nephew a "cute little bugger," I might look at you askance. "Yes, he's quite the little sodomite." Is that really the response you're looking for?

For the record, I don't have a nephew. I'm just saying.

5 comments:

Michael said...

I have an affectionate loathing for "Mickey-Fickey," the replacement for "M-F" that CBS used when it aired Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing on network TV. I also actually like the use of "fan-flippin'-tastic" in a recent Steak & Shake ad.

And let me say, if your nephew does wind up a sodomite, I hope he's a cute one.

Rosemary said...

But Mike, you have such colorful swear expressions anyway--e.g., "Oh, by the bloody hem of Christ!" was one of them, I think. "Flippin'" and the like are for amateurs--you're a pro.

yarmando said...

I think you could only agree that your nephew was a little sodomite if one said he was "a cute little buggerer."

JB said...

It's perhaps appropriate that it would be very hard to say that without sounding like a pirate. And let me reiterate, I don't have a nephew ... that I know of! Heh heh!

Anonymous said...

"Oh, by the bloody hem of Christ!"

Definitely stealing that and pretending it's my own.