Footbal;l season is getting underway, and the household where we watch the games now has a two year old (who let fly with her first "fuck" a couple of weeks ago after her mom couldn't keep herself from yelling at other drivers on the way to the Children's Museum). As you might imagine, Saints football inspires a lot of cursing. I think "fudge" and "sugar" have been mentioned as easy substitutions. It'll be interesting to see how some of the more creative verbiage gets transformed.
River: The human body can be drained of blood in 8.6 seconds given adequate vacuuming systems. Mal: See, morbid and creepifying, I got no problem with, long as she does it quiet-like.
'Safe'
Natter 37: Oddly Enough, We've Had This Conversation Before.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
-t - Aug 18, 2005 10:34:52 am PDT #9169 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
JenP - Aug 18, 2005 10:36:28 am PDT #9170 of 10002
I've unconciously switched to sci-fi swearing almost exlusively.
I was tickled to notice that I yelled "Frak!" last night when... something happened - forgot something in the oven, I think. But I think it was only because I'd just downloaded a "frak" icon. Still, it was fun.
Eddie - Aug 18, 2005 10:37:09 am PDT #9171 of 10002
Your tag here.
The Breakfast Club had "hot beef injection" replaced with "hot love and affection."
My favorite was "Stuff you, man! Stuff you!".
Jesse - Aug 18, 2005 10:38:17 am PDT #9172 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Sixteen Candles, Jake Ryan on the phone with Sam's grandparents: "Oh, hug me."
Betsy HP - Aug 18, 2005 10:38:32 am PDT #9173 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Frell is REALLY satisfying. I think it's the "fr" combined with the similarity to "hell".
Calli - Aug 18, 2005 10:39:51 am PDT #9174 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I auto-censor around my parents, my editor in chief (who reminds me of my parents), and anyone who looks like they are past retirement age. Auto-censoring tends to be a mix of the standard "darn" and "drat" with SFisms, such as "frelling."
"Frelling" really works for me. (Er, well, yeah--I think I'll just leave that out there. Anyway.) I think it's because it feels like a combo of "fucking" and "hell". Or maybe "frigging" and "hell." Which may be how they powers that create came up with it.
ETA: another frelling cross post.
JenP - Aug 18, 2005 10:39:55 am PDT #9175 of 10002
Jake. My first and best car was named after him.
(And I know I've posted that before, so I am all about keeping with the thread title)
-t - Aug 18, 2005 10:40:12 am PDT #9176 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I do like frak. I think I forget it's not really swearing, sometimes.
I think Eliot has been saying it on Scrubs since before the current BSG, though.
sarameg - Aug 18, 2005 10:40:20 am PDT #9177 of 10002
(who let fly with her first "fuck" a couple of weeks ago after her mom couldn't keep herself from yelling at other drivers on the way to the Children's Museum)
It must be a two-year-old mimicry thing. My nephew did that just recently, to his grandmother.
§ ita § - Aug 18, 2005 10:41:49 am PDT #9178 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I say "Curses!" a fair amount now. Covers work and anything I may say loudly at krav. And "Fothermucker!" but that's not really like hiding anything.
I don't think F/X will show anything, or Dennis Leary was showing restraint -- their most profanity ridden ep lacked both cunt and nigger, IIRC.