Are there any alternatives to the above mentioned terms of relief, disgust and amazement that do not sound coarse (thank feck, oh crap etc), nor sound dated (whoopsy, my word!) or overly sweet? I am so sick of referring to religious matters when religion is usually what I am so disgusted or astonished about. Good grief!
2006-08-29 06:09:17 · 19 answers · asked by McAtterie 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
"Heck" is only a toned-down "Hell", which in turn is another biblical reference. "Be very careful" would only work if I am a road sign.
This question is not meant to deride theists, they are bothered with 'vain use of the holy name' as well.
2006-08-29 06:16:56 · update #1
OH BASINGSTOKE!!!! (Try it)
I used this all the time when my sons were small, because I didn't want to hear them swearing.
It worked really well and it caught on - the other parents couldn't understand why their progeny were saying this all the time.
(I hope I haven't offended anyone from Basingstoke)
2006-08-29 06:15:17 · answer #1 · answered by Suzita 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
one hundred and one. I say, something worth doing is worth going overboard about. a million) rearrange the continents. 2) choose the flow all the way down to Earth on a glittery glowing disc of sunshine. 3) treatment A.I.D.S. 4) treatment maximum cancers 5) treatment the immediately ahead chilly 6) improve back all the lost limbs, ditto for eyes and different body aspects 7) fix the commercial gadget or wipe out money and make all of us into organic communists 8) supply all of us the potential to fly, choose the flow on water, repel waterborn parasites and different predators, and immunity to chilly and sunburn. 9) ressurect the Beatles 10) make all of us immortal 11) convey peace to the midsection East or, in the adventure that they are immortal already, basically enable them shoot one yet another till they run out of bullets 12) imagine up ninety more effective miracles.
2016-10-15 22:02:41 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I can only think of BAR STOOL, BAR STEWARD, OH POO, I like the term HOCKEY PUCK, I use it quite a lot.
For gods sake pal, why are you being so bloody choosy, Have you really any idea what you really want in an answer, I think not, I reckon u have given a thumbs down for just about every one here. Good luck finding what ever it is ur looking for. Freak
2006-08-29 06:37:54 · answer #3 · answered by hotbabes_tracey 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Blinkin Heck
2006-08-29 06:12:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Use "Rogatien Vachon" for all three. Use the heaviest French Canadian accent you can muster. If you don't know how to pronounce it in French, fake it. It's even better.
He was a hockey goalie, who retired in 1982. So, unless you are with a hockey historian, no one will know what you are saying.
2006-08-29 06:31:16 · answer #5 · answered by SPLATT 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Try "freak show"! Unbelievable!
or for disgust, you can't beat "Dead Fish!"
Read Shakespeare's comedies and you'll find some marvellous epithets that don't sound dated because people seldom use them...I recommend The Tempest, esp. Caliban's part.
2006-08-29 08:25:05 · answer #6 · answered by anna 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I can't think of anything else to say except thank God, but you could say what in the world, no way, or something smilier for bloody hell, for Jesus Christ it would depend in what frame you were using it.
2006-08-29 06:19:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well..most of the people who says those things aren't really religious to begin with :P
When I say stuff like that i'm not thinking about religion...it's sorta just another word.
And plus...what's wrong with saying those things???
"Thanks god." That's not bad. Of all things that's GOOD. haha
"Bloody Hell." I don't see anything wrong with that either. I mean...hell isn't a GOOD place it it??? haha
"Jesus Christ." Well i'm not even christian so I dont say that. So I can't judge that one. :P
Other than that...I can't really think of any other subsitutes.
2006-08-29 06:15:23 · answer #8 · answered by kruzzz80 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
bloomin heck, flipping heck and sugar butties were favourites of my mother and I find myself using them when my son's around now!
Also, hell's bells, shine a light, darn it to heck...
You can probably tell that swearing wasn't allowed in our family but there was often occassion for it...
2006-08-29 06:21:56 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
bloomin heck, damnation, nope can only think of obsenities or dated sillyness, how bad is that?
my dad used to say barstool instead of b a s tard, when i was a kid
but again you sound like a complete muffin
2006-08-29 06:21:46 · answer #10 · answered by sadie 69 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋