Verboticism: Subuse
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"
Discussphemism
Created by: arrrteest
Pronunciation: dis-kuss-fem-izm
Sentence: Tony was sitting in a chair in the principal's office again. "Tony, can you explain to me what you meant by 'dime beach?'" "Yeah, I went to a beach that charged a dime to go to it! I was just remembering it and I said it outloud. To nobody really, but Mrs. Fluster just happened to be there." The principal looked at him and shook his head. "Now Tony, yesterday you were in here for calling a classmate a 'shucking fithead' and tried to tell me that a fithead is what they call a healthy person who processes oysters. You're not fooling anyone, buddy. You've got to stop this discussphemism or you'll be finding yourself explaining this to your parents while you are on suspension!
Etymology: dis, disrespect + cuss, curse + phemism, from euphemism
Ooophemism
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: ooooooo fem iz em
Sentence: They used several ooophemisms including a poophemism, some brewphemisms and several screwphemisms.
Etymology: oooooooh, euphemism
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COMMENTS:
oooooooh - love it - Jabberwocky, 2008-05-08: 14:20:00
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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)
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)
Fauxcuss
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: fo kuss
Sentence: Dr.Seemore Glasses was an optometrist and normally a man of vision. Born a Presbyopic, he'd rather ride the cataracts than attend Church or Temple. He was short-sighted in one aspect: he was afraid to make a spectacle of himself in front of his clients. Although it sounded cornea, he hated to swear in front of them. He would tell them he needed to fauxcuss, when they did or said something stupid. One fellow kept making an astigmatism of himself, so Dr. Seemore stopped seeing him, before their macular degenerated anymore. Through his contacts, the doctor also teaches at the university and lens his experience to the newbies. Unfortunately, the boring nature of eye topics often made his pupils dilate. One day he fauxcussed on his lovely assistant, Iris,who he claimed was untidy, blind to messes and kept their office like a sty. She in turn accused Dr. Seemore of ogling her. Although it later turned out that she was bipolarized and also binocular, she pressed charges. As the police led away the good Dr.Seemore, he was heard to yell, "I've been framed!"
Etymology: Faux (not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article) & Cuss (profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger;utter obscenities or profanities)
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COMMENTS:
Good word! - Mustang, 2008-05-08: 07:45:00
best word this month!! - galwaywegian, 2008-05-08: 12:13:00
The story alone is worth a vote! - pieceof314, 2008-05-08: 14:05:00
wow - so many good words today - Jabberwocky, 2008-05-08: 14:22:00
Spot on - Love it! - Tigger, 2008-05-08: 18:59:00
Excellent. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-05-08: 19:35:00
My fave - arrrteest, 2008-05-08: 22:39:00
I'd like to thank the members of the Academy...Cheers All! - Nosila, 2008-05-08: 23:09:00
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Pseudofanity
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: soōdōfanətē
Sentence: Billy is sensitive to co-workers who don't care for cussing. He is very good at the use of the pseudofanity. He curses like a sailor with all the expletives replaced with substitutes. He can be such a mother fudger.
Etymology: pseudo (not genuine; sham) + profanity (blasphemous or obscene language)
Poophemism
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: poooooo fem isum
Sentence: She let out a string of poophemisms that included a banker, a brickhead and several ducks
Etymology: euphemism, poo
Parracore
Created by: tyler775
Pronunciation: /par * ah * ka * ore/
Sentence: Whenever our boss acts very rule and demanding, we call him the parracore 'flux bucket' behind his back.
Etymology: *Parra- from Greek prefix Para- meaning apart from or abnormal. *Suffix -core from English which meant stubborn or unyielding prior to 1930s
Poophemism
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: poo fem isum
Sentence: poophemism is not to be confused with poofeminism, which is confused enough itself
Etymology: euphemism. poo
