Appendix talk:Fictional English curse words

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redirect[edit]

can use this page as a redirect this page for the English use of Frak? Tydoni 19:11, 1 August 2011 (UTC)Reply

No, because [[frak]] has an entry for a Dutch word, so can't be made into a redirect. —RuakhTALK 23:16, 1 August 2011 (UTC)Reply

Drek is a Yiddish word that does mean shit, shadowrun didn't make it up.

2601:241:8402:15A6:AC04:DBF1:A547:FFAC 12:57, 4 December 2017 (UTC)Reply

Star Words[edit]

You can find some Star Wars Expanded Universe cuss words (and other terminology) here:

  • starwars DOT fandom DOT com/wiki/List_of_phrases_and_slang/Legends

You can find some cuss words (and other terminology) from Disney's new Star Wars canon here:

  • starwars DOT fandom DOT com/wiki/List_of_phrases_and_slang

71.121.143.77 10:59, 1 April 2019 (UTC)Reply

common use[edit]

Are drek/dreck and bleep common enough to not be called "fictional?" It's "fictional curse words," not "interesting curse words in fiction." Ekdwc75v9Dzn91Y (talk) 18:27, 14 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

zlorfik[edit]

Alien swear word from the 1988 computer game Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders, apparently. Equinox 18:10, 8 February 2021 (UTC)Reply

oh bother[edit]

would Winnie the Pooh's "Oh, bother!" count? We seem to be paying attention mostly to science fiction, but other genres also have opportunities to use substitutes for well-known vulgar terms. However, "oh bother" is so mild that Im not sure it could even be a euphemism, let alone a curse word itself. That said, there may have been other words Ive forgotten. Soap 20:55, 4 September 2022 (UTC)Reply

That's just normal English, not limited to Pooh. Equinox 20:59, 4 September 2022 (UTC)Reply

how to determine if a word is English?[edit]

A science fiction novel had the word plevvit in it and the narrator said "it's so bad I have no translation". The aliens in the book were of exotic form and did not speak with human sounds among their own kind, so presumably this word can be described as belonging to a human language. But that doesnt make it English. Soap 20:57, 4 September 2022 (UTC)Reply