What's your favourite non-swearword?

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DH and I are giving up swearing as toddler DS is getting quite chatty. We try not to swear in front of him but need to redouble our efforts. This got me thinking- what are the most satisfying non-swear alternatives?

My personal favourite is 'Schostakovich!' instead of shit. I also enjoy 'Jeepers!'

I would consider sod a bit of a swear. Surely it’s a reference to sodomite. Similar to bugger.

Dd (4) rather likes ‘oh snot bubbles’.

My DF never ever used anything you could identify as a swear word but for some reason when things were at their very worst - hitting his thumb with a hammer type situation - he would shout: District Nurse!

My kids would refer to each other as "You son of a motherless goat!"

Hells teeth

Cripes is a fav of mine.

Gee whizz

Not one I've really used myself, but the one I've most enjoyed hearing was 'Fiddlepoops', uttered forcefully by a wonderful woman, in a working environment. The object of her wrath was usually her computer.

Jesus H Christ is probably my most used. But we had to give up a swear jar for me as I was going to have to declare bankruptcy. DD is 19 months but hasn’t started swearing yet.

Jeff

"What the Jeff is that?"
"I can't find the Jeffing car key"

Chicken pasta instead of cheeky bastard
Oh sugar
Knickers

I do like "Crikey!"

I like "oh dash!", "Flaming Nora". We do end up with a lot of "flipping" and "blooming" as well.

Lot of them have been mentioned but shoot (instead of shit) as well

Drat

Scheisse is one that gets mumbled by me now and again. Does it count if you swear in a different language to your mother tongue...?!

Hold the phone! (Holy fuck)
Cripes!
Knickers!

@JustSaying101

Scheisse is one that gets mumbled by me now and again. Does it count if you swear in a different language to your mother tongue...?!

Omg I do this too lol. I say frigging but it's maybe swearing? I dunno? Flip

One of my friends exclaims, ‘Shine a light,’ which is quite good, and my uncle used to say, ‘Flaming Nora.’

My friend says "rats knickers" which I've always loved!

Absolute coin & complete biff are my two favourites...

Chuffin, as in chuffin heck and for chuff’s sake.

@Inextremis could that maybe have been a corruption of "pox on it"?

My mother used to say "for CRYing out loud"

I went through a phase of using "rats" a fair bit.

Otherwise I might use "bother" (which by reminding me of Eeyore's attempt at poetry (those two bothers will have to rhyme with each other... BUTHER!) always makes me smile)

Nowadays I often say buggery bollocks (sweetie darling) but only when by myself!

Shish kebab!

Cheese and rice!!!

We have "Christ on a motorbike" no idea where it came from and snarling "Shnorbitz" aggressively under our breath (for those too young to remember it was a St Bernard dog belonging to Bernie Winters!)

Oh Sugar (instead of, oh shit)

Common ones in my area are "go comb a monkey" and "go pick coconuts" instead of "go fuck yourself."