Favourite not swear words...

[CaviarAndCigarettes]

I have been out of work for rather a long time and am to return in September. During the time I have been off my internal filter seems to have muted itself and I find myself swearing much more freely than I ever have.
Fortunately, I have six months to rectify this and I would like to try to retrain my brain a little in this time to perhaps find some better words to convey my emotions.
I will be working with children. I need to fix this unfortunate side effect. Any non offensive exclamations are very welcome

'Gosh'
'Blimey'
'Say what now?'

Ha ha yea you can't really get away with muttering ffs when you go back you might be having to look for a new job ! How about' goodness me ' ' oh sugar ' ' what the flip '

Rhubarb.
Cats alive.
Gordon Bennet.
Spoon.
Frangipan.

Balderdash! (Good substitute for ‘bollocks!)

Of course it’s been tainted by Boris, but ‘Crikey!’ is a bit better than ‘Fuck me!’

I like chicken and cheese. Both excellent inoffensive curse words. Especially if said with force.

Rats!
Cripes!

Shut the front door

My MIL used to do a surprisingly effective “blooming” when she was angry/ indignant; all emphasised and drawn out.
I adopted it when I became a parent, and needed a similar linguistic cleanup to you!

DS1 is 4 and says "oh biscuits" in the same tone I would say "bother"

Thanks for the tips! I try to use oh sugar Lumps but ffs falls out more often than I'd like!
I'm practising!

Blow, if you fancy a touch of Enid Blyton.

I used to say "blimey" a lot as a teacher, and "crumbs" or "crikey"
Mu daughter is 4 and she says "climey"

Far out!
Far out man!
I’m in Australia and this seems to be what everyone says 😊

Darn it!

Heavens!
My goodness!
Blimey, crikey, crumbs.
Widening the scope to while driving, I favour 'prong'. Sounds very rude but obviously isn't.

Good Grief is a much repeated phrase here. I still say Fuck a lot though.

Oh, sausages!

oh bullfrogs is a favourite here