Frell is REALLY satisfying. I think it's the "fr" combined with the similarity to "hell".

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.

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)

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.

(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.

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.

I say "Curses!" a fair amount now.

That's a delightful image to have in my head. A very cross ita saying "Curses!"

I also say "Curses!", and "Bother!" I've apparently started using "squalling" to replace "fucking" (thanks to reading the Hopeless Savages comics).

"Frelling" just rolls off the tongue. Another upside is that (a) most people don't recognize it and (b) although it flirst with profane sources, it cannot be mistaken for a curse word.

Whereas, I have one coworker who mutters "motherfletcher" to himself when he's in a bad mood. If you don't know, you could easily mistake it for the real thing.

I use "effing" at times, or "fricken" or other F-variant nonsense terms, but usually only for effect.

Okay, that's weird. We just had our afternoon thunderburst, as usual, but now I can't see out my window, because the screen is too full of water drops. Reality is slowly unpixillating.

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.

That episode was ALL about playing chicken with the language rules, such as they exist on FX.