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DEFINITION: v. To use alternative "code words" instead of proper cuss words, in an effort to satisfy people offended by such vulgarisms. n. A word used as a replacement for an obscene or profane expletive.
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Furse
Created by: ethanb
Pronunciation: furs
Sentence: Jay uses furses around his catholic mother to avoid her ire, but in normal company he cusses like a sailor.
Etymology: "curse" + "farce"
Proxpletive
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: präksplitiv
Sentence: ”What the fudge is wrong with you? You’re a frickin rock star”, fumed Iggy’s manager. ”You’re supposed to be a hard-brass who curses like a sailor and the best we can get out of you is a proxpletive”.
Etymology: proxy (a person authorized to act on behalf of another) + expletive (an oath or swear word)
Heckspletive
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: hek-spli-tiv
Sentence: As the pastor of his church John can't use profane language. As a human that is subject to anger or pain, he has found his own set of heckspletives to get him through these times. Where someone else might say "Shut the F___ up", John will say "Hush the frog up". Where someone else might tell someone to "Go to Hell", John smiles tells them to "have a nice time at the BBQ". Even though he gets blank stares sometimes, he feels better that he knows what he meant.
Etymology: heck (used as a mild expression of annoyance, rejection, disgust, etc.) + expletive (an interjectory word or expression, frequently profane; an exclamatory oath)
Subterfeud
Created by: pieceof314
Pronunciation: sub-ter-fyood
Sentence: Marvin mumbled under his breath, "You rockem sockem, bean pole ridin, frickin, dung eating, rear end of a moose's petutie." "What?" responded his partner, "You can certainly come up with better subterfeud than that, can't you?" "Uh, what a BEACH!"
Etymology: subterfuge, Late Latin subterfugium, from Latin subterfugere to escape, evade, from subter- secretly (from subter underneath; + fugere to flee + feud, a mutual enmity or quarrel that is often prolonged or inveterate
Frick
Created by: LittleMissSmile
Pronunciation: Frick
Sentence: What the FRICK!?!
Etymology:
Profamility
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: pro fam i li ty
Sentence: The Goode’s espoused family values and so expressed anger with profamility like “fudge” and “mitt” instead of good old four-letter words such ass f*** and ***t.
Etymology: From profanity and family.
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COMMENTS:
Whoops-didn't mean to add the extra s to as! - splendiction, 2009-06-22: 20:30:00
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Profanitease
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: pro fan it tees
Sentence: Rudy would always use profanitease instead of the words he really wanted to use. He put the cur in curse. When asked to repreat his bad words, he would inevitably re-word his remarks with different meaning words.
Etymology: Profanity (vulgar or irreverent speech or action) & Tease (to arouse hope, desire, or curiosity without satisfying them)
Putresoteric
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: Pyu-tres-oh--TER-ik
Sentence: What was said, in a putresoteric drone, by the old "sea-salt" that made the seasoned skanky-ho blush so profoundly?
Etymology: Blend of PUTRESCENCE: rotting; fig: obscene or profane; vulgar; as foul words or language & ESOTERIC: "belonging to the inner circle," private, secret, confidential.
Fakeswear
Created by: Bookworm699
Pronunciation:
Sentence: "Fat old beach," she fakeswore under her breath.
Etymology:
Cusswapper
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: kus - wop - pur
Sentence: Joel had become an adept cusswapper. After years of practice he was able to speak expletively no matter what the situation and no one could really be certain that he was violating acceptable social practices. He used many common everday words as cusswappers; getting his point across quite well without really swearing.
Etymology: cuss, swap, swapper
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COMMENTS:
from a cusswopper to a cusswapper! - Nosila, 2009-06-22: 18:15:00
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