Swearwords of Science Fiction and Fantasy
A Glossary of Epithets, Expletives, Imprecations, Oaths, and Other
Irreverent or Inapproprate Words and Phrases,
or,
A Lexicon of Speculative Foul Language
- arsegike n [2000 AD (comic)]
- euphemism for "arsehole"
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- Asura interj [Conan stories of Robert E. Howard]
- a deity worshipped primarily in Vendhya; used as a mild oath or to express surprise
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- Bachman Turner Overdrive interj [The Tick (television)]
- used to express surprise; derived from the name of a music group; exclaimed by The Tick
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- bafflegab n [Doctor Who (television)]
- nonsense, prattle, balderdash; used in the episode "The Pirate Planet"
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- Balzac interj [Get Smart (film)]
- exclamation; derived from the name of French novelist Honoré de Balzac
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- bambo n [Judge Dredd; 2000 AD (comic)]
- epithet used to denote one who is stupid; derived from "bimbo"
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- bastich n [Judge Dredd (comic); Lobo (comic)]
- combination of "bastard" and "bitch"
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- bat bladders interj [Jane & the Dragon (television, animated)]
- expletive
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- Belgium n [The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams]
- a profanity forbidden throughout most of the galaxy
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- bitca n [Buffy the Vampire Slayer (television)]
- accidental alteration of "bitch"
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- blab blurn and bloin [The Brak Show (television, animated)]
- expletive uttered by Brak
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- blast off vb [Space Patrol (television)]
- imprecation equivalent to "get out"
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- bleep n/v/adj/adv/interj bleeped; bleeping [Known Space stories of Larry Niven]
- universal expletive and imprecation
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- blood traitor n [Harry Potter novels of J.K. Rowling]
- one who is sympathetic to Muggles (nonmagical persons) or the Muggle-born; used disparagingly
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- blotching adj/adv [Farscape (television)]
- expletive; used as an intensive
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- bojo n [Back to the Future Part II (film)]
- derogatory term: stupid person
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- boll-yotz n/interj [Farscape (television)]
- expletive
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- bowb n/v/adj/adv/interj bowbed; bowbing [Bill the Galactic Hero by Harry Harrison]
- usually vulgar: universal expletive and imprecation
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- bowbidy-bowb interj [Bill the Galactic Hero by Harry Harrison]
- usually vulgar: universal expletive and imprecation
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- bowbing adj/adv [Bill the Galactic Hero by Harry Harrison]
- usually vulgar: used as an intensive
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- Bram Stoker's widow interj [The Middleman (television)]
- exclamation; a reference to the wife of Irish novelist Bram Stoker (author of Dracula), who ordered all copies of the film Nosferatu to be destroyed
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- bratchny n [A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess]
- Nadsat term: bastard
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- breath of Issus interj [Martian Tales of Edgar Rice Burroughs]
- used as a mild oath or to express surprise
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- bull frell n/interj [Farscape (television)]
- euphemism for "bullshit" or "bollocks"
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- by all the letters of the alphabet interj [Inkheart by Cornelia Funke]
- used to express surprise
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- by all the rings of Saturn interj [Assignment Outer Space (film)]
- used to express surprise
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- by Crom interj [Conan stories of Robert E. Howard]
- the chief god of the Cimmerians; used as a mild oath or to express surprise
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- by gargoyle interj [Johnny Sokko and His Flying Robot (television)]
- used as a mild oath by members of the villainous Gargoyle Gang
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- by Gideon's trumpet interj [Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (television)]
- used to express surprise
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- by Grud interj [Judge Dredd; 2000 AD (comic)]
- legally permitted mild oath also used to express surprise
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- by Lord Vimuhla's Fire interj [Flamesong by M.A.R. Barker]
- used as a mild oath (a reference to one of the Five Gods of Change)
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- by Lord Vimuhla's Three Tongues of Flame interj [Flamesong by M.A.R. Barker]
- used as a mild oath (a reference to one of the Five Gods of Change)
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- by Mitra interj [Conan stories of Robert E. Howard]
- a god of Hyboria; used as a mild oath or to express surprise
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- by my first ancestor [Martian Tales of Edgar Rice Burroughs]
- used as a mild oath
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- Set interj [Conan stories of Robert E. Howard]
- a god of Hyboria; used as a mild oath or to express surprise; also a god of ancient Egypt
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- by Tao interj [Flash Gordon (comic; film; television)]
- a major god of Mongo; used as a mild oath or to express surprise
- (rhymes with "mayo")
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- by the clouds of Venus interj [Tom Corbett, Space Cadet]
- used to express surprise
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- by the craters of Luna interj [Tom Corbett, Space Cadet]
- used to express surprise
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- by the Emperor's beard interj [Flash Gordon (television, animated)]
- used as a mild oath or to express surprise
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- by the Fiery Flame interj [Flamesong by M.A.R. Barker]
- used as a mild oath (a reference to Lord Vimuhla, "the Master of Flame and one of the Tlokiriqaluyal, the Five Gods of Change")
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- by the Flame Lord interj [Flamesong by M.A.R. Barker]
- used as a mild oath (a reference to Lord Vimuhla, "the Master of Flame and one of the Tlokiriqaluyal, the Five Gods of Change")
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- by the Fortieth Aspect interj [Flamesong by M.A.R. Barker]
- used as a mild oath (a reference to Lord Vimuhla, "the Master of Flame and one of the Tlokiriqaluyal, the Five Gods of Change")
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- by the Goddess interj [Farscape (television)]
- deity of the Delvians; used to express surprise
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- by the gods of Mongo interj [Flash Gordon (television, animated)]
- used as a mild oath or to express surprise
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- by the Great God Tao interj [Flash Gordon (comic; film; television)]
- a major god of Mongo; used as a mild oath or to express surprise
- (rhymes with "mayo")
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- by the Great Parrot of Hades interj [Doctor Who (television)]
- used as a mild oath; exclaimed in the episode "The Pirate Planet"
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- by the Mist Demons interj [Ringworld by Larry Niven]
- used to express surprise
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- by the moons of Jupiter interj [Tom Corbett, Space Cadet]
- used to express surprise
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- by the mother of the nearest moon [Martian Tales of Edgar Rice Burroughs]
- used as a mild oath
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- by the power of Grayskull interj [He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (toy/comic/film/television, animated), Hot Fuzz (film)]
- used to express surprise (by characters in the film, Hot Fuzz); derived from an exclamation used by He-Man whenever he invokes his power
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- by the rings of Saturn interj [Tom Corbett, Space Cadet]
- used to express surprise
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- by the second star interj [Tinker Bell (television, animated)]
- used as a mild oath
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- by the sky demon interj also by the beard of the sky demon, by the blood of the sky demon, by the curved fangs of the sky demon, by the left frontal lobe of the sky demon, by the raging fury of the sky demon [Doctor Who (television)]
- used as a mild oath; exclaimed in the episode "The Pirate Planet"
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- by the Sword of Karakan interj [Flamesong by M.A.R. Barker]
- used as a mild oath (a reference to Lord Karakan, one of the Five Gods of Stability)
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- by the Three Fingers of the Flame interj [Flamesong by M.A.R. Barker]
- used as a mild oath (a reference to Lord Vimuhla, "the Master of Flame and one of the Tlokiriqaluyal, the Five Gods of Change")
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- by Ymir interj [Conan stories of Robert E. Howard]
- a god of Hyboria; used as a mild oath or to express surprise
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- b'zugda hiara n [Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett]
- Dwarfish derogatory term: lawn ornament
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- cagal [The Stainless Steel Rat Gets Drafted by Harry Harrison]
- universal expletive
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- calot n [Martian Tales of Edgar Rice Burroughs]
- a ten-legged beast with a froglike mouth regarded by the green men of Barsoom as dogs are regarded by the people of Earth; used disparagingly
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- Captain Kirk's nipples interj [Land of the Lost (film)]
- used to express surprise; probably derived from the tendency of Captain Kirk to get his shirt torn in a scuffle in Star Trek (the original show)
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- censored n/v/adj/adv/interj [Known Space stories of Larry Niven]
- universal expletive and imprecation
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- Chlen-brained adj [Flamesong by M.A.R. Barker]
- possessing the intelligence of a Chlen-beast, a domesticated beast in the world of Tékumel
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- Chlen-shit n [Flamesong by M.A.R. Barker]
- usually vulgar: the feces of a domesticated beast in the world of Tékumel
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- Chlen-turd n [Flamesong by M.A.R. Barker]
- usually vulgar: a piece of the fecal matter of a domesticated beast in the world of Tékumel
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- Chocoholics Anonymous interj [The Middleman (television)]
- used to express surprise
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- chongo-longo [The Pirates of Dark Water (television, animated)]
- expletive
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- chutes and ladders interj [The Middleman (television)]
- used to express surprise; derived from the children's board game Chutes and Ladders (also known as Snakes and Ladders)
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- cowpog n [Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer]
- Gnommish derogatory term: moron
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- crank [Farscape (television)]
- expletive
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- Crom interj [Conan stories of Robert E. Howard]
- the chief god of the Cimmerians; used as a mild oath or to express surprise
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- Crom's devils interj [Conan stories of Robert E. Howard]
- used as a mild oath or to express surprise
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- Crom, Ymir, and Mitra interj [Conan stories of Robert E. Howard]
- gods of Hyboria; used as a mild oath or to express surprise
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- d'arvit interj [Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer]
- Gnommish expletive
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- demon dogs interj [Thundarr the Barbarian (television, animated)]
- used to express surprise
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- Denebian slime devil n [Star Trek (television)]
- an animal native to the Deneb system; used disparagingly; used by a Klingon in reference to Captain James T. Kirk in the episode "The Trouble with Tribbles"
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- devils of hell interj [Conan stories of Robert E. Howard]
- used as a mild oath or to express surprise
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- devil's thumbs interj [Doctor Who (television)]
- expletive; exclaimed in the episode "The Pirate Planet"
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- dingo kidneys n [The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams]
- as in "I don't give a load of dingo kidneys."
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- dog-brother n [Conan stories of Robert E. Howard]
- derogatory term; possible euphemism for "son of a bitch"
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- dragon n [Doctor Who (television)]
- epithet used to denote one who is a Draconian in the episode "Frontier in Space"
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- drannit n [Farscape (television)]
- derogatory term
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- draz [Farscape (television)]
- expletive
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- dren n/interj [Farscape (television)]
- excrement
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- driblocks n [Farscape (television)]
- derogatory term
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- dridgenaut n [Farscape (television)]
- derogatory term
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- drokk n/v/interj drokked; drokking [Judge Dredd; 2000 AD (comic)]
- legally permitted universal expletive and imprecation; also used to express surprise
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- drokking adj/adv [Judge Dredd; 2000 AD (comic)]
- used as an intensive
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- dry-foot n pl dry-foots [Doctor Who (television)]
- epithet used by natives of Delta Magna or Delta Three to denote one who is a human in the episode "The Power of Kroll"
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- e chu ta [Star Wars (film)]
- used as an insult or rude comment
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- Earth n [Foundation and Earth by Isaac Asimov]
- a term considered profane by the Comporellians
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- earthbag n [Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (film)]
- derogatory term
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- Earth trash n [Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (television)]
- Draconian epithet used to denote Earthlings
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- eema n [Farscape (television)]
- posterior; "ass"
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- embleer adj [Watership Down by Richard Adams]
- stinking
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- eyes without a face interj [The Middleman (television)]
- used to express surprise; derived from the 1960 French film Eyes Without a Face (Les Yeux sans visage)
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- fahrbot adj [Farscape (television)]
- crazy
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- fa-pu-ta interj [Farscape (television)]
- exclamation
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- farko n [Farscape (television)]
- nonsense
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- father n [Brave New World by Aldous Huxley]
- a term considered obscene
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- father of dung beetles interj [The Man of Gold by M.A.R. Barker]
- exclamation
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- Feetal's Gizz interj [Lobo (comic)]
- expletive
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- fek interj [Farscape (television)]
- expletive
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- fekkik n [Farscape (television)]
- derogatory term: fool; twit
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- felgercarb interj also feldercarb; feldergarb; felgergarb [Battlestar Galactica (television)]
- expletive
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- fewmets n [Pern novels of Anne McCaffrey]
- dragon feces
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- fight n/v [This Perfect Day by Ira Levin]
- a term considered obscene
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- Finagle n [Known Space stories of Larry Niven]
- possible euphemism for "God"; used in such expressions as "Finagle only knows" and "for Finagle's sake."
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- Finagle's ears interj [Known Space stories of Larry Niven]
- expletive
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- Finagle's fist interj [Ringworld by Larry Niven]
- expletive
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- Finagle's gonads interj [Known Space stories of Larry Niven]
- expletive
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- Finagle's heavy hand interj [Ringworld by Larry Niven]
- expletive
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- fire and brimstone interj [The Middleman (television)]
- used to express surprise and consternation at the sight of someone smoking inside Middleman Headquarters
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- Flame-accursed adj [Flamesong by M.A.R. Barker]
- probably a euphemism for "damned"
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- Flame-burned adj [Flamesong by M.A.R. Barker]
- probably a euphemism for "damned"
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- the Flame burn it all interj [Flamesong by M.A.R. Barker]
- probably a euphemism for "damn it"
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- Flame-damned adj [Flamesong by M.A.R. Barker]
- expletive
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- Flame-scorched adj [Flamesong by M.A.R. Barker]
- probably a euphemism for "damned"
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- flaming moons of Hell interj [Doctor Who (television)]
- used as a mild oath; exclaimed in the episode "The Pirate Planet"
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- flamingo v [Red Dwarf (television)]
- "I flamingoed up... It's like a cock up, only much, much bigger." —Holly
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- flowers for Algernon interj [The Middleman (television)]
- used to express surprise; derived from Flowers for Algernon, a short story (and later a novel) by Daniel Keyes
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- flup n [The Ringworld Engineers by Larry Niven]
- seabottom ooze; used as an expletive
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- Ford n [Brave New World by Aldous Huxley]
- used as a mild oath or to express surprise; derived from the surname of American industrialist Henry Ford
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- frack n/v/interj also frak [Battlestar Galactica (television)]
- universal expletive and imprecation
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- fracking adj/adv also frakking [Battlestar Galactica (television)]
- used as an intensive
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- frag n/v/interj fragged; fragging [Babylon 5 (television); Lobo (comic)]
- universal expletive and imprecation
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- fragging adj/adv [Babylon 5 (television); Lobo (comic)]
- used as an intensive
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- fragments of moonrock interj [The Middleman (television)]
- used to express surprise
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- frag off vi [Babylon 5 (television)]
- scram
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- frax vb [Farscape (television)]
- imprecation (probably vulgar)
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- frek n/v [Farscape (television)]
- expletive
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- frek face n [Farscape (television)]
- derogatory term
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- frell n/v/interj [Farscape (television)]
- universal expletive and imprecation; used in expressions such as "Frell you"
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- frelling adj/adv [Farscape (television)]
- used as an intensive
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- frellnik adj also frelnik [Farscape (television)]
- malodorous; foul-smelling
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- frellwit n [Farscape (television)]
- derogatory term: idiot
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- frimp [I Will Fear No Evil by Robert A. Heinlein]
- a term considered obscene
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- Frithrah n [Watership Down by Richard Adams]
- the lord Sun; used interjectionally
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- frodank adj [Farscape (television)]
- stupid
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- froth-mouth n [Farscape (television)]
- lunatic
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- funt n [Sinister & Dexter; 2000 AD (comic)]
- usually vulgar: derogatory term
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- funtwipe n [Sinister & Dexter; 2000 AD (comic)]
- usually vulgar: derogatory term
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- furniture n [Soylent Green (film)]
- derogatory term for women
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- futz interj [Known Space stories of Larry Niven]
- exclamatory use of the slang intransitive verb
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- futz n [Known Space stories of Larry Niven]
- possible euphemism used in expressions such as "get us the futz out of here" and "How the futz would I know?"
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- futzy adj/adv [Known Space stories of Larry Niven]
- expletive
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- galaxy interj [Foundation novels of Isaac Asimov]
- used as a mild oath or to express surprise
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- galaxy interj [Quark (television)]
- used as a mild oath or to express surprise; also used in the expressions "Oh, galaxy!" and "Oh, my galaxy!"
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- gall-monging adj [Battlestar Galactica (television)]
- used disapprovingly
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- garanta's brax n [Farscape (television)]
- as in "I don't give a garanta's brax!"
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- Ghent n [The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams]
- a term considered obscene
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- ghosts of the living interj [The Middleman (television)]
- exclamation and description of a specific event
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- gimbo n [Red Dwarf (television)]
- derogatory term; probably a variation of gimboid or vice versa
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- gimboid n [Red Dwarf (television)]
- derogatory term: incompetent; loser
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- gleebo n [Farscape (television)]
- derogatory term: fool; twit
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- go blow your jets vb [Tom Corbett, Space Cadet (television)]
- imprecation
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- gob smack it interj [The Middleman (television)]
- euphemism for "God damn it"
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- gods and devils interj [Conan stories of Robert E. Howard]
- used as a mild oath or to express surprise
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- goit n [Red Dwarf (television)]
- derogatory term: git
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- good gravity interj [Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World (television)]
- used to express surprise; exclaimed in the episode "Heart of the Storm"
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- goohulog adj [Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett]
- Trollish swearword
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- goontoad n [Blackstar (television, animated)]
- derogatory term
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- gorram adj [Firefly (television)]
- euphemism for "God-damned"
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- grapes of wrath interj [The Middleman (television)]
- used to express surprise; derived from The Grapes of Wrath, a novel by John Steinbeck, derived in turn from a line in the song, "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" by Julia Ward Howe
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- great balls of ice interj [Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World (television)]
- used to express surprise in reference to a "meteor" that was causing an unnatural drop in temperature in the episode "Ice Age"
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- Great Barrier Reef interj [The Middleman (television)]
- used to express surprise
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- great Caesar's ghost interj [Superman (comic/television)]
- used as a mild oath or to express surprise; frequently exclaimed by Perry White, editor of The Daily Planet; derived from Julius Caesar, a play by William Shakespeare (the expression predates Superman, but is included for novelty's sake)
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- great galaxies interj [Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World (television)]
- used to express surprise; exclaimed in the episode "Tapestry"
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- great galaxy interj [Space Ghost (television, animated)]
- used to express surprise; exclaimed by Space Ghost
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- great galloping galaxies interj [The Tomorrow People (television)]
- used to express surprise; exclaimed by The Mama in the episode "A Man for Emily"
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- great galloping ghosts interj [Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World (television)]
- used to express surprise; exclaimed in the episode "Endgame"
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- great guns interj [The Tick (television)]
- exclamation; exclaimed by The Tick
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- great hearts of palm interj [The Middleman (television)]
- used to express surprise
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- great Krypton interj [Superman (comic)]
- used to express surprise; a reference to the planet of Superman's birth
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- great North Star interj [The Year Without a Santa Claus (television, animated)]
- exclamation; exclaimed by Santa Claus
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- great Sagar interj [Blackstar (television, animated)]
- used to express surprise; a reference to the planet on which Blackstar is set
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- great Santini interj [The Tick (television)]
- exclamation; exclaimed by The Tick
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- great Scott interj [Superman (comic)]
- used to express surprise; frequently exclaimed by Superman; derived from the surname of U.S. General Winfield Scott (the expression predates Superman, but is included for novelty's sake)
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- great tribes of Gondor interj [The Brak Show (television, animated)]
- used to express surprise; exclaimed by Thundercleese, Brak's neighbor
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- greebol n [Farscape (television)]
- derogatory term: fool; twit
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- green-blooded adj [Star Trek (television)]
- epithet used to denote one who is a Vulcan
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- grexnix [2000 AD (comic)]
- used by the fictional editor, Tharg the Mighty
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- grimmit n [Farscape (television)]
- derogatory term: coward
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- gris n [Farscape (television)]
- excrement
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- gritsucker n [Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett]
- epithet used to denote one who is a Dwarf
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- grolash n [Farscape (television)]
- derogatory term: fool
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- groophar [Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett]
- Trollish swearword
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- grot interj [Quark (television)]
- expletive
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- grotless adj [Farscape (television)]
- witless
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- Grud interj [Judge Dredd; 2000 AD (comic)]
- legally permitted mild oath also used to express surprise
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- grup n [Star Trek (television)]
- an adult; alteration of "grown-up"; used disparagingly by the natives of a planet geologically identical to Earth in the episode "Miri"
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- guns of Navarone interj [The Middleman (television)]
- used to express surprise; derived from The Guns of Navarone, a novel by Alistair MacLean
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- gwenlan n [Red Dwarf (television)]
- derogatory term
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- Hades hole n/interj [Battlestar Galactica (television)]
- expletive (euphemism for "Hell"?)
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- halls of Montezuma interj [The Middleman (television)]
- used to express surprise; derived from The Halls of Montezuma, a film, derived in turn from a line in the song, "Semper Fidelis" by John Philip Sousa
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- hands across America interj [The Middleman (television)]
- used to express surprise; derived from a charitable event called "Hands Across America" symbolized by a human chain extending from coast to coast
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- hawks of the Luftwaffe interj [The Middleman (television)]
- used to express surprise
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- helium head n [The Wild, Wild Planet (film)]
- derogatory term: idiot
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- helium-headed adj [The Wild, Wild Planet (film)]
- idiotic
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- hell's devils interj [Conan stories of Robert E. Howard]
- used as a mild oath or to express surprise
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- herbert n [Star Trek (television)]
- epithet used by space hippies to denote one who is "square" in the episode "The Way to Eden"
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- Hezmana n/interj [Farscape (television)]
- Luxan word for "Hell"
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- hippikaloric [Ozma of Oz by L. Frank Baum]
- allegedly a swearword (according to the Nomes)
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- holy cats interj [The Thing from Another World (film)]
- used to express surprise (the expression actually predates the film by at least 13 years, but is included for novelty's sake)
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- holy coinkydink interj [The Middleman (television)]
- used to express surprise — somewhat sarcastically; exclaimed by Wendy Watson; "coinkydink" (corresponding to "coincidence") may have originated with the comic strip character Popeye the Sailor created by E.C. Segar
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- holy crap on a stick interj [The Middleman (television)]
- used to express surprise; exclaimed by Wendy Watson
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- holy Hyperion interj [Captain Video and His Video Rangers (television)]
- used to express surprise
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- holy jumping bananas interj [The Middleman (television)]
- used to express surprise
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- holy Kill Bill Volume 2 interj [The Middleman (television)]
- used to express surprise; exclaimed by Wendy Watson; derived from the American film Kill Bill Volume 2
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- holy lizards interj [Lexx (television)]
- a mild oath; possibly refers to the Cluster lizards used for the execution of heretics in the Light Universe
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- holy Zarquon's singing fish interj [The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams]
- exclamation
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- hopping hop toads interj [Dino Boy (television, animated)]
- used to express surprise; exclaimed by Dino Boy
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- hot flaming pork buns interj [The Middleman (television)]
- used to express surprise
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- hot 'lanta interj [The Tick (television)]
- used to express surprise; derived from the song, "Hot 'lanta" by the Allman Brothers; exclaimed by The Tick
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- hot rockets interj [Space Patrol (television)]
- exclamation
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- house of pancakes interj [The Middleman (television)]
- used to express surprise; probably derived from the name of a chain of restaurants (International House of Pancakes)
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- hraka n [Watership Down by Richard Adams]
- feces; used as an insult with the word silflay (meaning literally "to feed outside" or loosely "to eat"), as in "Silflay hraka!"
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- Hu-bat n [Flamesong by M.A.R. Barker]
- derogatory term; an animal in the world of Tékumel
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- in the name of the Seven Gods interj [Star Trek (television, animated)]
- used as a mild oath; exclaimed by Lara, a human from a probably non-Federation planet in the episode "Jihad"
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- Ishtar interj [Conan stories of Robert E. Howard]
- a goddess of Hyboria; used as a mild oath or to express surprise; also a goddess of ancient Babylonia and Assyria
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- Ishtar, Mitra, and Set interj [Conan stories of Robert E. Howard]
- gods of Hyboria; used as a mild oath or to express surprise
-
- Issus interj [Martian Tales of Edgar Rice Burroughs]
- a sacred river on Barsoom representing the passage to the afterlife; used as a mild oath or to express surprise
-
- Jefferson interj [Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning (film)]
- used as a mild oath or to express surprise
-
- Jefferson's jellies interj [Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning (film)]
- used as a mild oath or to express surprise
-
- jenga-leng [The Pirates of Dark Water (television, animated)]
- expletive
-
- Jimmy crack corn interj [The Middleman (television)]
- used to express surprise; derived from the song, "Jim Crack Corn; or, The Blue Tail Fly" by Daniel Decatur Emmett
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- jitat [The Pirates of Dark Water (television, animated)]
- expletive
-
- joojooflop [The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams]
- expletive
-
- Jovis n/interj [Judge Dredd; 2000 AD (comic)]
- euphemism for "Jesus" or serving a similar purpose
-
- jumping flamesnakes interj [Blackstar (television, animated)]
- used to express surprise
-
- jumping frostberries interj [Blackstar (television, animated)]
- used to express surprise
-
- jumping gumbos interj [Blackstar (television, animated)]
- used to express surprise
-
- jumping jets interj [Captain Video and His Video Rangers (television)]
- used to express surprise
-
- jumping Jupiter interj [The Tomorrow People (television)]
- used to express surprise; exclaimed by The Mama in the episode "A Man for Emily"
-
- jumping spacebats interj [Quark (television)]
- used to express surprise
-
- juxt interj [Farscape (television)]
- expletive
-
- kark n/interj [I Will Fear No Evil by Robert A. Heinlein]
- expletive
-
- khadassa interj [Deryni novels of Katherine Kurtz]
- exclamation
-
- khan n [Farscape (television)]
- derogatory term
-
- kinkoid adj [Farscape (television)]
- weird; crazy; kinky
-
- kiss my Asimov vb [The Middleman (television)]
- euphemism for "kiss my ass"; derived from the surname of writer Isaac Asimov and uttered by a malfunctioning Ida when reminded of one of the "Laws of Robotics" (as described by Asimov in I, Robot)
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- klono n/interj [Lensmen novels of E.E. "Doc" Smith]
- used as a mild oath
-
- knee-biter n [The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams]
- used disparangingly
-
- krastic adj [Farscape (television)]
- weird
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- lackey n [Prelude to Foundation by Isaac Asimov]
- epithet used by Trantorians
-
- laserbrain n [Star Wars (film)]
- used disparagingly
-
- leech n [Assignment Outer Space (film)]
- a useless crewman or passenger aboard a spaceship; used disparagingly
-
- loomas n [Farscape (television)]
- slang: breasts
-
- Lord Finagle interj [Ringworld by Larry Niven]
- used as an expletive or to express surprise
-
- lord of the flies interj [Fly Me to the Moon (film, animated)]
- exclamation; used in the expression "Oh, my lord of the flies!"; derived from Lord of the Flies, a novel by William Golding
-
- Lords of Light interj [Thundarr the Barbarian (television, animated)]
- mild oath usually used to express surprise
-
- Lord Vimuhla's Sacred Flame n [Flamesong by M.A.R. Barker]
- possible euphemism for "Hell" or "Heaven" as in the phrase, "Where in Lord Vimuhla's Sacred Flame is the bastard?"
-
- magra-fahrbot adj [Farscape (television)]
- very crazy
-
- malik n [Farscape (television)]
- derogatory term
-
- meatsack n [The Middleman (television)]
- derogatory term: human; an epithet used by the robot Ida against the Middleman and Wendy Watson
-
- meb [Saturday Night Live/Coneheads (television/film)]
- Conehead expletive
-
- mep [Saturday Night Live/Coneheads (television/film)]
- Conehead expletive
-
- Merlin's beard interj [Harry Potter novels of J.K. Rowling]
- used to express surprise
-
- Merlin's pants interj [Harry Potter novels of J.K. Rowling]
- used as an expletive or to express surprise
-
- mibs [Saturday Night Live/Coneheads (television/film)]
- Conehead expletive
-
- mik'ta [Stargate SG-1 (television)]
- used as an insult
-
- mips [Saturday Night Live/Coneheads (television/film)]
- Conehead expletive
-
- mivonks n [Farscape (television)]
- slang: testicles
-
- Mist Demons interj [Known Space stories of Larry Niven]
- used as an expletive or to express surprise
-
- Mitra n/interj [Conan stories of Robert E. Howard]
- a god of Hyboria; used as a mild oath or to express surprise
-
- modo n [Red Dwarf (television)]
- derogatory term (derived from combination of "modern" and "dodo"?)
-
- monkey-boy n [The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (film)]
- epithet used to denote human Earthlings
-
- moons of madness interj [Doctor Who episode "The Pirate Planet"]
- expletive
-
- Moscow Rule Number Nine interj [The Middleman (television)]
- exclamation referring to one of a number of alleged Cold War rules of espionage, in this case Moscow Rule #9: "Technology will always fail you."
-
- Moses-esus interj [The Brak Show (television, animated)]
- combination of "Moses" and "Jesus"
-
- moss licker n [Jane and the Dragon (television, animated)]
- mildly derogatory term
-
- mother n [Brave New World by Aldous Huxley]
- a term considered obscene
-
- mother of pearl interj [Get Smart (film)]
- exclamation
-
- Mother of Science interj [Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World (television)]
- used to express surprise
-
- Mudblood n [Harry Potter novels of J.K. Rowling]
- epithet used to denote one of mixed Wizarding and Muggle, or nonmagical, ancestry
-
- Muggle-lover n [Harry Potter novels of J.K. Rowling]
- one who is sympathetic to Muggles (nonmagical persons) or the Muggle-born; used disparagingly
-
- mutie n [X-Men (comic)]
- epithet used to denote one who is a mutant
-
- Mutt n [Doctor Who (television)]
- epithet used to denote one who is a mutant; applied to one who is undergoing a phase in the Solonian lifecycle; from the episode "The Mutants"
-
- mutual of Omaha interj [The Middleman (television)]
- used to express surprise; derived from the name of an insurance company that sponsored the television show, Wild Kingdom
-
- my little pony interj [The Middleman (television)]
- used to express surprise; derived from [you guessed it] the My Little Pony line of toys
-
- Neptunian gnat n [Tom Corbett, Space Cadet]
- derogatory term
-
- nerfherder n [Star Wars (film)]
- used disparagingly
-
- nimnul n [Mork & Mindy (television)]
- used disparagingly
-
- norm n [Judge Dredd; 2000 AD (comic)]
- epithet used by mutants to denote one who is "normal"
-
- noshabkeming n/interj [Lensmen novels of E.E. "Doc" Smith]
- used as a mild oath or to express surprise
-
- nurfer n [Farscape (television)]
- derogatory term: loser
-
- oh, my prophetic soul interj [Doctor Who (television)]
- exclaimed by the Doctor in the episode "The Horns of Nimon"
-
- pellish venker n [Farscape (television)]
- derogatory term
-
- pencil-neck n [Judge Dredd; 2000 AD (comic)]
- epithet used by Fatties to denote one who is "normal"
-
- pewnkah n [Farscape (television)]
- derogatory term
-
- photon n [The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams]
- general euphemism
-
- pinky n [Judge Dredd; 2000 AD (comic)]
- epithet used by talking apes to denote a human
-
- Pipefitters Local interj [The Middleman (television)]
- used to express surprise; exclaimed upon the discovery of a pneumatic tube leading directly from Middleman HQ to O2STK
-
- planet's pain interj [Doctor Who (television)]
- used as a mild oath (as in "What the planet's pain...") in the episode "The Pirate Planet"
-
- pleebing adj/adv [Farscape (television)]
- used as an intensive; possibly akin to "bleeding"
-
- plok n [Farscape (television)]
- feces or rubbish
-
- podaka n [Battlestar Galactica (television)]
- derogatory term
-
- pogees n [Battlestar Galactica (television)]
- expletive
-
- pointy-eared adj [Star Trek (television)]
- epithet used to denote one who is a Vulcan
-
- poodoo n [Star Wars (film)]
- feces
-
- prawn n [District 9 (film)]
- usually derogatory nickname for the aliens in District 9
-
- probakto n [Farscape (television)]
- mild derogatory term
-
- protein sack n [Lexx (television)]
- derogatory term: human; an epithet used by the robot 790 against Stanley Tweedle
-
- prunt n [The Year of the City by Frederik Pohl]
- usually vulgar: combination of "prick" and "cunt"
-
- puckernuts interj [ElfQuest (comic)]
- expletive
-
- quaequam blag interj [2000 AD (comic)]
- used by the fictional editor, Tharg the Mighty, as an expletive or to express surprise
-
- Regulan blood worm n [Star Trek (television)]
- an invertebrate parasite native to the Regulan system; used disparagingly; used by a Klingon in reference to humans in the episode "The Trouble with Tribbles"
-
- Ripley's Believe It or Not interj [The Middleman (television)]
- used to express surprise; derived from Ripley's Believe It or Not, an illustrated newspaper article, series of books, and television show
-
- rock n [Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett]
- epithet used to denote one who is a Troll
-
- rutting v [Firefly (television)]
- used as an intensive
-
- sands of Zanzibar interj [The Middleman (television)]
- used to express surprise
-
- sap n [The Tomorrow People (television)]
- abbreviation of Homo sapiens used by Tomorrow People to refer to humans who have not yet evolved to the stage where they can use psychic talents, this term is not intentionally disparaging, but is often interpreted as such
-
- scorch it interj [Pern novels of Anne McCaffrey]
- expletive
-
- scut pango interj [The Pirates of Dark Water (television, animated)]
- expletive
-
- scrote n [Back to the Future Part II (film)]
- usually vulgar: testicles
-
- scuzzpuck n [Sinister & Dexter; 2000 AD (comic)]
- derogatory term
-
- Set n/interj [Conan stories of Robert E. Howard]
- a god of Hyboria; used as a mild oath or to express surprise; also a god of ancient Egypt
-
- shaft ooze n [Cleopatra 2525 (television)]
- derogatory term applied to underground dwellers who are criminals
-
- shards n/interj [Pern novels of Anne McCaffrey]
- expletive
-
- shazbot interj [Mork & Mindy (television)]
- expletive
-
- shifter n [Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (television)]
- epithet used to denote one who is a Changeling
-
- shiitake mushrooms n/interj also shitake mushrooms [Spy Kids (film)]
- expletive and obvious euphemism; usually spoken as "Shii...take mushrooms!"
-
- shliznat n [Farscape (television)]
- derogatory term
-
- shlock vb [Farscape (television)]
- to excrete
-
- shol'vah n [Stargate SG-1 (television)]
- traitor
-
- shores of Tripoli interj [The Middleman (television)]
- used to express surprise; derived from a line in the the song, "Semper Fidelis" by John Philip Sousa
-
- shrok [Babylon 5 (television)]
- Narn expletive
-
- skev interj [Rogue Trooper; 2000 AD (comic)]
- exclamation
-
- skowng n [Avatar (film)]
- moron (in the Na'vi language)
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- slit n also slittie [The Shockwave Rider by John Brunner]
- usually vulgar: derogatory term for women
-
- slitch n [Friday by Robert A. Heinlein]
- combination of "slut" and "bitch"
-
- slot n [stories of Spider Robinson]
- usually vulgar: alteration of "slut"
-
- smeg n/v/adj/interj smegged; smegging; smeggy; smeggier; smeggiest [Red Dwarf (television)]
- usually vulgar: expletive and imprecation
-
- smegbrain n [Red Dwarf (television)]
- usually vulgar: derogatory term
-
- smeg-for-brains n [Red Dwarf (television)]
- usually vulgar: derogatory term
-
- smegger n [Red Dwarf television]
- usually vulgar: derogatory term
-
- smegging adj/adv [Red Dwarf (television)]
- usually vulgar: used as an intensive
-
- smegging hell interj [Red Dwarf (television)]
- usually vulgar: expletive
-
- smeghead n [Red Dwarf (television)]
- usually vulgar: derogatory term
-
- smeg off vi [Red Dwarf (television)]
- usually vulgar: scram
-
- smegpot n [Red Dwarf (television)]
- usually vulgar: derogatory term
-
- smeg up n/v [Red Dwarf (television)]
- a mistake or the act of making one; blooper
-
- smoke you
vb [The Fifth Element (film)]
- imprecation (probably vulgar)
-
- smoking rockets interj [Space Patrol (television)]
- used to express surprise
-
- smugfunt n [Sinister & Dexter; 2000 AD (comic)]
- usually vulgar: derogatory term
-
- snakehead n [Babylon 5 (television)]
- human derogatory term for aliens
-
- snarking dellot n [Farscape (television)]
- derogatory term
-
- sneck [Strontium Dog; 2000 AD (comic)]
- universal expletive
-
- socialator n [Battlestar Galactica (television)]
- prostitute
-
- son of a bacchai interj [Xena: Warrior Princess (television)]
- euphemism for "son of a bitch"
-
- son of a calot n [Martian Tales of Edgar Rice Burroughs]
- derogatory term; literally "son of a Barsoomian dog"
-
- son of a Chlen-turd n [Flamesong by M.A.R. Barker]
- usually vulgar: derogatory term; see Chlen-turd
-
- son of a hamster interj [Get Smart (film)]
- euphemism for "son of a bitch"
-
- son of a hazmot n [Farscape (television)]
- derogatory term
-
- son of a monkey's uncle interj [The Middleman (television)]
- euphemism for "son of a bitch"
-
- soyashit n [The Forever War by Joe Haldeman]
- expletive meaning "synthetic feces"
-
- spacecrawler n [Tom Corbett, Space Cadet]
- derogatory term
-
- spacefluff n [Quark (television)]
- something worthless or useless
-
- spacehead n [Quark (television)]
- derogatory term
-
- spaceslug n [Tom Corbett, Space Cadet]
- derogatory term
-
- spoonhead n [Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (television)]
- epithet used to denote one who is a Cardassian
-
- spug n [Judge Dredd; 2000 AD (comic)]
- derogatory term: punk
-
- spuggy [Judge Dredd; 2000 AD (comic)]
- derogatory term
-
- spug off v [Judge Dredd; 2000 AD (comic)]
- illegal imprecation
-
- squag n [Farscape (television)]
- Hell or its equivalent
-
- stak interj [Rogue Trooper; 2000 AD (comic)]
- exclamation
-
- stiv vb [Farscape (television)]
- to urinate
-
- stomm interj [Judge Dredd; 2000 AD (comic)]
- legally permitted expletive
-
- story of O interj [The Middleman (television)]
- used to express surprise; derived from The Story of O, a novel
-
- stroke v [Babylon 5 (television)]
- usually vulgar: to copulate
-
- suckhead n [The Middleman (television)]
- derogatory term: vampire; an epithet used by Wendy Watson
-
- suffering spaceships interj [The Tomorrow People (television)]
- expletive; exclaimed by The Mama in the episode "A Man for Emily"
-
- Swampie n [Doctor Who (television)]
- epithet used to denote one who is a native inhabitant of Delta Magna or Delta Three in the episode "The Power of Kroll"
-
- sweet Gregor Mendel interj [Land of the Lost (film)]
- used to express surprise; derived from the name of Austrian botanist Gregor Johann Mendel
-
- sweet Molly Brown interj [The Middleman (television)]
- used to express surprise; derived from the song, "Sweet Molly Brown"
-
- sweet mother of Preston Tucker interj [The Middleman (television)]
- used as a mild oath or to express surprise; derived from the name of American automobile designer Preston Tucker
-
- swutting adj/adv [The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams]
- used as an intensive, as in "I just want to be swutting well rescued."
-
- tanj n/v/interj tanjed; tanjing [Ringworld by Larry Niven]
- (There Ain't No Justice)
- expletive and imprecation
-
- tanjit interj [Ringworld by Larry Niven]
- expletive
-
- TANSTAAFL interj [The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein]
- (There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch)
- expletive
-
- Tarim interj [Conan stories of Robert E. Howard]
- expletive
-
- ten thousand devils interj [The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (film)]
- expletive
-
- thaw n [Cleopatra 2525 (television)]
- derogatory term: a person who had been cryogenically frozen centuries ago and reawakened
-
- thoddo n [Farscape (television)]
- derogatory term: stupid person
-
- thundering storm clouds interj [Blackstar (television, animated)]
- used to express surprise
-
- Thursday interj [Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning (film)]
- expletive
-
- tinked adj [Farscape (television)]
- crazy
-
- toaster n [The Middleman (television)]
- derogatory term: robot; an epithet used by Wendy Watson against the robot Ida
-
- toeska n [Farscape (television)]
- derogatory term
-
- tralk n [Farscape (television)]
- whore
-
- trankass n [Farscape (television)]
- derogatory term
-
- Transylvania 6-5000 interj [The Middleman (television)]
- exclamation; derived from the film Transylvania 6-5000, which borrowed its title from the song "Pennsylvania 6-5000"
-
- trasnik n [Farscape (television)]
- derogatory term: jerk
-
- Tropic of Cancer interj [The Middleman (television)]
- used to express surprise
-
- 21 Jump Street interj [The Tick (television)]
- used to express surprise; exclaimed by The Tick; derived from the title of an American television show
-
- twonk n [Red Dwarf (television)]
- derogatory term [etymology uncertain]
-
- ulsio n [Martian Tales of Edgar Rice Burroughs]
- a Barsoomian rat; used disparagingly
-
- Uncle Sam interj [Monarch of the Moon (film)]
- used to express surprise; derived from the name of one of the personifications of the United States of America; exclaimed by the Yellow Jacket
-
- unmutual adj [The Prisoner (television)]
- accusatory term: uncoöperative, antisocial, subversive; used of anyone in the Village who does not conform
-
- unprintable adj [Foundation and Empire by Isaac Asimov]
- expletive
-
- unprintably adv [Foundation and Empire by Isaac Asimov]
- expletive
-
- Ursa Minor interj [Pinocchio in Outer Space (television, animated)]
- used to express surprise; derived from the constellation also known as the Little Dipper
-
- veen [Farscape (television)]
- expletive
-
- Venusian swamp lizard n [Tom Corbett, Space Cadet (television)]
- used disparagingly
-
- veruul n [Star Trek: The Next Generation (television)]
- Romulan expletive
-
- vigilar n [Farscape (television)]
- derogatory term: traitor
-
- vulky adj [Star Trek: Voyager (television)]
- derogatory term: uninteresting; derived from "Vulcan"
-
- welnitz [Farscape (television)]
- expletive
-
- what the monkey interj [The Middleman (television)]
- interrogative phrase used to express surprise
-
- wonker n [Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett]
- alteration of "wanker"
-
- wowsers interj [Inspector Gadget (television, animated)]
- used to express surprise
-
- yarbles n [A Clockork Orange by Anthony Burgess]
- Nadsat term: testicles
-
- yarbo n [Farscape (television)]
- used disparagingly
-
- Ymir interj [Conan stories of Robert E. Howard]
- a god of Hyboria; used as a mild oath or to express surprise
-
- yotz [Farscape (television)]
- universal expletive
-
- zangblats interj [Farscape (television)]
- used as a mild oath
-
- zark [Farscape (television)]
- expletive and imprecation
-
- zark [The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams]
- expletive
-
- zarking [The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams]
- used as an intensive
-
- zarking fardwarks [The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams]
- expletive
-
- zarking photon [The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams]
- expletive
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