Verboticism: Expletute
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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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
Codeverse
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: code/vurs
Sentence: Around the office, us lackies have to codeverse so we don't offend the boss, or her prim and proper manager with our foul language. When angry at a co-worker, we often shout at them "Go f'coffee", or "He eats hit", but so far our codeversations haven't raised the ire of the language police.
Etymology: code + converse (To engage in spoken exchange)
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)
Youphenism
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: yoo fen iz im
Sentence: When Barney and his Mom fought it was funny. When they spoke of the other, they only said a youphenism, instead of the really rude words they were thinking.
Etymology: You (2nd person singular) & Euphenism (A euphemism is a substitution of an agreeable or less offensive expression in place of one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant to the listener,[1] or in the case of doublespeak, to make it less troublesome for the speaker.)
Youeffemism
Created by: Ismelstar
Pronunciation: [yoo-efuh-miz-uhm]
Sentence: Pristine, soft-spoken and mild, the limits of Molly Mormon's patience had finally expired after Danny overturned a perfume bottle under her desk. "Oh my Heck!" she blurted unable to stop the youeffemisms tumbling out of her mouth. "You little Ess. Just get the Eff out of my class!"
Etymology: A play with the imperative forms of bowdlerized swear words, (which generally are used by naming only the first letter of the offending curse) which sounds like 'euphemism', the substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive or harsh.
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"
Cursorry
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: kur sor ree
Sentence: Simon ended up using cursorry words when he was vexed. Thus was because he could no longer afford to feed the office's swear jar.
Etymology: Curse (swear;profanity) & Sorry (rue;regret;expressing sorrow)and Wordplay on Cursory (hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough)
Procovertanity
Created by: phoenix89
Pronunciation: Pro - covert - an -it-e
Sentence: Sometimes children curse when they shouldnt or when they are angry. To avoid punishment for using profanity they do it covertly and call it " procovertanity ".
Etymology: Profanity (profane conduct or language) Covert ( to conceal , disguise , or do in secrecy)
Morfiting
Created by: WarriorCatGoddess
Pronunciation: More-fit-ing
Sentence: The boy was morfiting at his teacher for giving him an F on his quiz.
Etymology:
Proxyfanity
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: proxy/fan/i/tee
Sentence: Sally was determined not to use unsuitable language at her new job and instead invented many proxfanitys to suit the occasion.
Etymology: proxy (substitute or surrogate) + profanity
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COMMENTS:
Good one! - Mustang, 2009-06-23: 00:44:00
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