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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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Expletute
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: ex-pleh-toot
Sentence: Mommy often had to expletute words around the baby, who was beginning to show an uncanny ability to imitate her speech patterns, especially when she was having a discussion with daddy about golf.
Etymology: expletive: vulgar or coarse word to express emotion + substitute: a replacement
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"
Vulgaravoid
Created by: rebelvin
Pronunciation: vulg-air+avoid
Sentence: I was so angry, I forgot to vulgaravoid, and she seemed shocked at the words that came out of my mouth.
Etymology: vulgar+avoid
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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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)
Eupheckmism
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: you-feck-miz-m
Sentence: Gordon Ramsay's kitchen nightmares had to be dubbed with eupheckmisms before it could be screened on the family viewing channel.
Etymology: euphemism (word or phrase used to stand in for a taboo word, or topic that is unpleasant to talk about) + feck (irish eupheckmism for the f word)
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COMMENTS:
Good one, petaj...Gordon Ramsay was a feckin' eejit long before it was fashionable to be so... - Nosila, 2008-05-08: 23:19:00
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Subterpheme
Created by: stache
Pronunciation: sŭb'tər-fēm'
Sentence: "GOT DANDRUFF, SOMEOFITITCHES!" Grandpa shouted his well-known subterpheme, as he bonked his thumb with the ball-peen hammer for the third time.
Etymology: 'sub,' short for underwater marine vessel, also used to describe an oversized sandwich served on long bread; 'terph,' alt. of turf, locale where one finds one's homies; 'eme,' collapsed form of e-me, avatar used as an on-line representation of oneself.
Blooperpooper
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: bloo-pur-poo-pur
Sentence: Those blooperpoopers really annoy me . Only the other day I heard a woman say she had got in a right mucking fuddle, it took me ages to realise what she meant.
Etymology: Blooper(something that should not have been said)Pooper(To ruin, spoil)
Marsecode
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: marss/code
Sentence: Marsecode, derived from marseholecode is used by people who feel more comfortable using only morsels of bad language.
Etymology: Morse code + arse
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COMMENTS:
you brits kill me. - stache, 2008-05-08: 08:20:00
I like it. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-05-08: 19:36:00
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Blurse
Created by: youmustvotenato
Pronunciation: rhymes with purse
Sentence: While reading Huck Finn in his 8th grade class, we had to blurse all the racial slurs replacing "n*****" with "no gooder".
Etymology: bleep+curse
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