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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.
Verboticisms
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Frick
Created by: LittleMissSmile
Pronunciation: Frick
Sentence: What the FRICK!?!
Etymology:
Illewd
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: ill-LUDE
Sentence: Shane had a sick sense of humor and even in everyday conversation he'd take every opportunity to use substitute words to illewd to very trashy and disgusting language.
Etymology: blend of ill and lewd, play on the word 'allude'
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COMMENTS:
Shane was lewdicrous! - Nosila, 2009-06-22: 18:13:00
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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
Fakeswear
Created by: Bookworm699
Pronunciation:
Sentence: "Fat old beach," she fakeswore under her breath.
Etymology:
Placeboath
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: (like 'placebo') /pluh-SEE-bohth/
Sentence: Sandra, a mother of three children and a former radio DJ, had trained herself never to swear, but she would often use placeboaths in place of profanity. So, when she yelled at Bobby, "Cheese and Crackers!! Get your gosh darn feet off the coffee table and stop acting like a fudging sugarhead!" nobody thought it was unusual. After all, Bobby really had been acting like a sugarhead.
Etymology: Placebo - a medication prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect (Latin, placebo "I shall please") + Oath - any profane expression; curse; swearword (from Middle English, ooth "swear" [to a god or diety])
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COMMENTS:
an elegant creation, I must say - stache, 2008-05-08: 08:22:00
very nice - Jabberwocky, 2008-05-08: 14:21:00
Terrific! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-05-08: 19:37:00
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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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Fauxfanity
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: fōfanətē
Sentence: Marge is the queen of fauxfanity. Her coworkers have no doubt how she feels even though she tries to remain semi-polite by using substitutes for profane language. Phrases like "No friggin' way", "What the fudge","Kiss my bass" or "Go hug yourself" have raised more than a few eyebrows.
Etymology: faux (artificial or imitation) + profanity (blasphemous or obscene language)
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COMMENTS:
similar combinations but different results - great word - Jabberwocky, 2009-06-22: 14:18:00
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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)
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.)
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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