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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- bafflegab n [Doctor Who episode "The Pirate Planet"]
- nonsense, prattle, balderdash
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- bastich n [Judge Dredd (comic); Lobo (comic)]
- combination of "bastard" and "bitch"
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- bat bladders n/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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- by Grud interj [Judge Dredd; 2000 AD (comic)]
- legally permitted mild oath also used to express surprise
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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 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 episode "The Pirate Planet"]
- used as a mild oath
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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 rings of Saturn interj [Tom Corbett, Space Cadet]
- used to express surprise
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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 episode "The Pirate Planet"]
- used as a mild oath
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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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- censored n/v/adj/adv/interj [Known Space stories of Larry Niven]
- universal expletive and imprecation
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- chongo-longo [The Pirates of Dark Water (television, animated)]
- expletive
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- Crom n [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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- demon dogs n [Thundarr the Barbarian (television, animated)]
- used interjectionally to express surprise
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- devil's thumbs interj [Doctor Who episode "The Pirate Planet"]
- expletive
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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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- drannit [Farscape (television)]
- expletive
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- dren n/interj [Farscape (television)]
- expletive
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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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- 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)]
- "ass"
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- embleer adj [Watership Down by Richard Adams]
- stinking
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- fahrbot adj [Farscape (television)]
- crazy
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- father n [Brave New World by Aldous Huxley]
- a term considered obscene
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- Feetal's Gizz interj [Lobo (comic)]
- 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's fist interj [Ringworld by Larry Niven]
- expletive
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- Finagle's heavy hand interj [Ringworld by Larry Niven]
- expletive
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- flaming moons of Hell interj [Doctor Who episode "The Pirate Planet"]
- used as a mild oath
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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
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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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- frag off vi [Babylon 5 (television)]
- scram
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- frek n/v [Farscape (television)]
- expletive
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- frell n/v [Farscape (television)]
- expletive
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- frelnik n [Frascape (television)]
- one who frells
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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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- 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 [Ringworld by Larry Niven]
- exclamatory use of the slang intransitive verb
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- galaxy n/interj [Foundation novels of Isaac Asimov]
- used as a mild oath or to express surprise
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- gall-monging adj [Battlestar Galactica (television)]
- used disapprovingly
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- Ghent n [The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams]
- a term considered obscene
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- gimboid n [Red Dwarf (television)]
- derogatory term: incompetent; loser
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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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- goit n [Red Dwarf (television)]
- derogatory term: git
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- good gravity interj [Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World episode "Heart of the Storm"]
- used to express surprise
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- goohulog adj [Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett]
- Trollish swearword
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- gorram [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
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- great balls of ice interj [Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World episode "Ice Age"]
- used to express surprise in reference to a "meteor" that was causing an unnatural drop in temperature
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- great galaxies interj [Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World episode "Tapestry"]
- used to express surprise
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- great galloping ghosts interj [Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World episode "End Game"]
- used to express surprise
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- great Krypton interj [Superman (comic)]
- used to express surprise
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- greebol n [Farscape (television)]
- Nebari 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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- gritsucker n [Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett]
- epithet used to denote one who is a Dwarf
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- groophar [Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett]
- Trollish swearword
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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 episode "Miri"]
- an adult; alteration of "grown-up"; used disparagingly
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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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- Hades hole [Battlestar Galactica (television)]
- expletive (euphemism for "Hell"?)
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- herbert n [Star Trek episode "The Way to Eden"]
- epithet used by space hippies to denote one who is "square"
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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
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- holy Hyperion interj [Captain Video and His Video Rangers (television)]
- used to express surprise
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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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- hot rockets interj [Space Patrol (television)]
- exclamation
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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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- Issus interj [Martian Tales of Edgar Rice Burroughs]
- used as a mild oath or to express surprise
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- Jefferson n/interj [Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning (film)]
- used as a mild oath or to express surprise
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- Jefferson's jellies n/interj [Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning (film)]
- used as a mild oath or to express surprise
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- jenga-leng [The Pirates of Dark Water (television, animated)]
- expletive
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- jitat [The Pirates of Dark Water (television, animated)]
- expletive
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- joojooflop [The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams]
- expletive
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- Jovis n/interj [Judge Dredd; 2000 AD (comic)]
- euphemism for "Jesus" or serving a similar purpose
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- jumping jets interj [Captain Video and His Video Rangers (television)]
- used to express surprise
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- kark n/interj [I Will Fear No Evil by Robert A. Heinlein]
- expletive
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- khadassa n [Deryni novels of Katherine Kurtz]
- expletive
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- klono n/interj [Lensmen novels of E.E. "Doc" Smith]
- used as a mild oath
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- knee-biter n [The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams]
- used disparangingly
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- lackey n [Prelude to Foundation by Isaac Asimov]
- epithet used by Trantorians
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- laserbrain n [Star Wars (film)]
- used disparagingly
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- loomas n [Farscape (television)]
- slang: breasts
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- Lord Finagle interj [Ringworld by Larry Niven]
- used as an expletive or to express surprise
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- Lords of Light interj [Thundarr the Barbarian (television, animated)]
- mild oath usually used to express surprise
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- meb [Saturday Night Live/Coneheads (television/film)]
- Conehead expletive
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- mep [Saturday Night Live/Coneheads (television/film)]
- Conehead expletive
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- Merlin's beard interj [Harry Potter novels of J.K. Rowling]
- used to express surprise
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- Merlin's pants interj [Harry Potter novels of J.K. Rowling]
- used as an expletive or to express surprise
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- mibs [Saturday Night Live/Coneheads (television/film)]
- Conehead expletive
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- mik'ta [Stargate SG-1 (television)]
- used as an insult
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- mips [Saturday Night Live/Coneheads (television/film)]
- Conehead expletive
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- mivonks n [Farscape (television)]
- slang: testicles
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- Mist Demons interj [Ringworld by Larry Niven]
- used to express surprise
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- monkey-boy n [The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (film)]
- epithet used to denote human Earthlings
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- moons of madness interj [Doctor Who episode "The Pirate Planet"]
- expletive
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- mother n [Brave New World by Aldous Huxley]
- a term considered obscene
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- Mother of Science interj [Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World (television)]
- used to express surprise
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- Mudblood n [Harry Potter novels of J.K. Rowling]
- epithet used to denote one of mixed Wizarding and Muggle, or nonmagical, ancestry
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- Muggle-lover 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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- mutie n [X-Men (comic)]
- epithet used to denote one who is a mutant
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- Neptunian gnat n [Tom Corbett, Space Cadet]
- derogatory term
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- nerfherder n [Star Wars (film)]
- used disparagingly
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- nimnul n [Mork & Mindy (television)]
- used disparagingly
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- noshabkeming n/interj [Lensmen novels of E.E. "Doc" Smith]
- used as a mild oath or to express surprise
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- photon n [The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams]
- general euphemism
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- planet's pain interj [Doctor Who episode "The Pirate Planet"]
- used as a mild oath (as in "What the planet's pain...")
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- podaka n [Battlestar Galactica (television)]
- derogatory term
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- pogees n [Battlestar Galactica (television)]
- expletive
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- pointy-eared adj [Star Trek (television)]
- epithet used to denote one who is a Vulcan
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- poodoo n [Star Wars (film)]
- feces
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- prunt n [The Year of the City by Frederik Pohl]
- usually vulgar: combination of "prick" and "cunt"
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- puckernuts interj [ElfQuest (comic)]
- expletive
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- quaequam blag interj [2000 AD (comic)]
- used by the fictional editor, Tharg the Mighty, as an expletive or to express surprise
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- rock n [Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett]
- epithet used to denote one who is a Troll
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- rutting v [Firefly (television)]
- used as an intensive
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- sands of Zanzibar interj [The Middleman (television)]
- used to express surprise
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- scorch it interj [Pern novels of Anne McCaffrey]
- expletive
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- scut pango interj [The Pirates of Dark Water (television, animated)]
- expletive
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- scrote n [Back to the Future Part II (film)]
- usually vulgar: testicles
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- scuzzpuck n [Sinister & Dexter; 2000 AD (comic)]
- derogatory term: jerk
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- shards n/interj [Pern novels of Anne McCaffrey]
- expletive
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- shazbot interj [Mork & Mindy (television)]
- expletive
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- shifter n [Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (television)]
- epithet used to denote one who is a Changeling
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- shiitake mushrooms n/interj also shitake mushrooms [Spy Kids (film)]
- expletive and obvious euphemism; usually spoken as "Shii...take mushrooms!"
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- shliznat n [Farscape (television)]
- derogatory term
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- shol'vah n [Stargate SG-1 (television)]
- traitor
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- shrok [Babylon 5 (television)]
- Narn expletive
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- skev interj [Rogue Trooper; 2000 AD (comic)]
- exclamation
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- slit n also slittie [The Shockwave Rider by John Brunner]
- usually vulgar: derogatory term for women
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- slitch n [Friday by Robert A. Heinlein]
- combination of "slut" and "bitch"
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- slot n [stories of Spider Robinson]
- usually vulgar: alteration of "slut"
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- smeg n/v/adj/interj smegged; smegging; smeggy; smeggier; smeggiest [Red Dwarf (television)]
- usually vulgar: expletive and imprecation
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- smegging adj/adv [Red Dwarf (television)]
- usually vulgar: used as an intensive
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- smeghead n [Red Dwarf (television)]
- usually vulgar: derogatory term
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- smeg off vi [Red Dwarf (television)]
- usually vulgar: scram
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- smoke you
vb [The Fifth Element (film)]
- imprecation (probably vulgar)
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- smoking rockets interj [Space Patrol (television)]
- used to express surprise
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- smugfunt n [Sinister & Dexter; 2000 AD (comic)]
- usually vulgar: derogatory term
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- snakehead n [Babylon 5 (television)]
- human derogatory term for aliens
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- sneck [Strontium Dog; 2000 AD (comic)]
- universal expletive
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- socialator n [Battlestar Galactica (television)]
- prostitute
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- son of a bacchai interj [Xena: Warrior Princess (television)]
- euphemism for "son of a bitch"
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- soyashit n [The Forever War by Joe Haldeman]
- expletive meaning "synthetic feces"
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- spacecrawler n [Tom Corbett, Space Cadet]
- derogatory term
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- spaceslug n [Tom Corbett, Space Cadet]
- derogatory term
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- spoonhead n [Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (television)]
- epithet used to denote one who is a Cardassian
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- stak interj [Rogue Trooper; 2000 AD (comic)]
- exclamation
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- stomm [Judge Dredd; 2000 AD (comic)]
- slang: feces
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- stroke v [Babylon 5 (television)]
- usually vulgar: to copulate
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- suffering cats interj [Invaders from Mars (1953 film)]
- used to express surprise
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- tanj n/v/interj tanjed; tanjing [Ringworld by Larry Niven]
- (There Ain't No Justice) expletive and imprecation
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- tanjit interj [Ringworld by Larry Niven]
- expletive
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- TANSTAAFL interj [The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein]
- (There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch) expletive
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- ten thousand devils interj [The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (film)]
- expletive
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- thoddo n [Farscape (television)]
- derogatory term: stupid person
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- Thursday interj [Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning (film)]
- expletive
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- tralk n [Farscape (television)]
- whore
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- twonk n [Red Dwarf (television)]
- derogatory term: idiot
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- ulsio n [Martian Tales of Edgar Rice Burroughs]
- a Barsoomian rat; used disparagingly
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- unprintable adj [Foundation and Empire by Isaac Asimov]
- expletive
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- unprintably adv [Foundation and Empire by Isaac Asimov]
- expletive
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- Venusian swamp lizard n [Tom Corbett, Space Cadet (television)]
- used disparangingly
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- veruul n [Star Trek: The Next Generation (television)]
- Romulan expletive
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- vulky adj [Star Trek: Voyager (television)]
- derogatory term: uninteresting; derived from "Vulcan"
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- wonker n [Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett]
- alteration of "wanker"
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- wowsers interj [Inspector Gadget (television, animated)]
- used to express surprise
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- yarbles n [A Clockork Orange by Anthony Burgess]
- Nadsat term: testicles
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- yotz [Farscape (television)]
- universal expletive
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- zark [Farscape (television)]
- expletive and imprecation
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- zark [The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams]
- expletive
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- zarking [The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams]
- used as an intensive
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- zarking fardwarks [The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams]
- expletive
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- zarking photon [The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams]
- expletive
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