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So, should we have a list of 'acceptable' swearlike words and phrases then?

37 replies

Twiglett · 12/05/2006 07:45

Oh My Giddy Aunt

Good Gosh

Oh My Gosh

Gallumping Googlies

(OK I'm out of nicey nicey words all the others seem to begin with F or C)

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intergalacticwalrus · 12/05/2006 07:47

Well, I'll go to the foot of my stairs.

Blast!

I couldn't give a hang!

Goodness gracious!

carla · 12/05/2006 07:48

Gosh

Crumbs

And if you're feeling very risque ...

I couldn't give a beggar's cuss

intergalacticwalrus · 12/05/2006 07:57

pmsl @ "couldn't give a beggar's cuss"

That was a fave of my Granny's. She did add expletives though, which I obviously can't repeat for fear of offending some people who may, or may not, link this site wuth someone else.

FrannyandZooey · 12/05/2006 08:00

Ds says, with great feeling

OH BOVVER

which I feel is more than adequate in most situations

intergalacticwalrus · 12/05/2006 08:06

You could sau "Oh Fiddlesticks" if you wanted some variety

Another could be "you could have knocked me down with a feather"

GamelanCarrier · 12/05/2006 08:06

Franny sometimes says "golly"
it makes me larf every time Grin

GamelanCarrier · 12/05/2006 08:09

my colleague used to say "oh fudge!"
which made me want to kill her with my bare hands, iirc

FrannyandZooey · 12/05/2006 08:16

"Golly" is marvellous.

I think Custy said anyone who said it was a cunt, though?

Blush
Dior · 12/05/2006 08:24

Blimey...my old boss used to say to me, 'Don't blind yourself Dior, guide dogs are scarce'.

CatBert · 12/05/2006 08:26

I say "Oh Knickers!" alot...

alligator · 12/05/2006 08:27

oh ssssssssugar gets used quite a lot in our house. or fish it and flip it

and bloomin heck if you are really going for it Grin

Is 'For Heavens sake' allowed???? Or is that offensive?

Spagblog · 12/05/2006 08:33

Gordon Bennett
Golly Gosh
Or like Fi Fi Forget-me-Not - Buttercups and Daisies!
Strewth!

threebob · 12/05/2006 08:37

Strewth is "God's truth" shortened - so we can't have that one.

Ds says "oh dearie me", which I can just see on the "am I being unreasonable?" threads.

Filyjonk · 12/05/2006 09:06

Oh dear, I don't know any innocuous swearwords.

ds says "uh oh dear" a lot.

But the rest of us just use the correct words for the situation.

Filyjonk · 12/05/2006 09:07

oh no, dp says "crumbs". Which I think is very funny, because in this house there are always lots of crumbs.

sparkler1 · 12/05/2006 09:08

oh sausages in this house! Grin Blush

hunkermunker · 12/05/2006 09:08

DS1 says "oh dear" and "whoots" (whoops)

I say pigflaps. Or nosehead.

sparkler1 · 12/05/2006 09:08

and ooooooh ffffffffffffffflipflops! Blush

joash · 12/05/2006 09:09

Chipping sodbury

LadyTophamHatt · 12/05/2006 09:11

I suppose "Bumflaps" is just too much.

Tutter · 12/05/2006 09:11

ooh dash it

golly gosh

or fiddly flowerpetals, a la fifi flowerpot

Tutter · 12/05/2006 09:12

(spagblog - great minds...) (or maybe just ones that watched milkshake this morning...)

Hausfrau · 12/05/2006 09:16

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expatinscotland · 12/05/2006 09:17

Ayyyyyyy caramba!

MrsBadger · 12/05/2006 09:22

both Bother and Botheration, also Fiddlesticks
and Useless Bunch of Rubbish (for malfunctioning computer etc, not for people)
also 'for heaven's sake!'

heard a child using 'Bucket and spade!' because his mum apparently says 'Oh Bu....cket and spade!'