Cuparius - Swearwords of Science Fiction and Fantasy AND Others

These are some pages of swear words I rescued from archives (at Archive.org perhaps?) and gave a new home here. I did not write these! I'm not trying to claim credit, just giving them a new home.

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Swearwords of Science Fiction and Fantasy

A Glossary of Epithets, Expletives, Imprecations, Oaths, and Other
Irreverent or Inapproprate Words and Phrases,

or,

A Lexicon of Speculative Foul Language

In alphabetical order
arsegike n [2000 AD (comic)]
euphemism for "arsehole"
 
bafflegab n [Doctor Who episode "The Pirate Planet"]
nonsense, prattle, balderdash
 
Balzac interj [Get Smart (film)]
exclamation; derived from the name of French novelist Honoré de Balzac
 
bastich n [Judge Dredd (comic); Lobo (comic)]
combination of "bastard" and "bitch"
 
bat bladders n/interj [Jane & the Dragon (television, animated)]
expletive
 
Belgium n [The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams]
a profanity forbidden throughout most of the galaxy
 
bitca n [Buffy the Vampire Slayer (television)]
accidental alteration of "bitch"
 
blab blurn and bloin [The Brak Show (television, animated)]
expletive uttered by Brak
 
blast off vb [Space Patrol (television)]
imprecation equivalent to "get out"
 
bleep n/v/adj/adv/interj bleeped; bleeping [Known Space stories of Larry Niven]
universal expletive and imprecation
 
blood traitor n [Harry Potter novels of J.K. Rowling]
one who is sympathetic to Muggles (nonmagical persons) or the Muggle-born; used disparagingly
 
bojo n [Back to the Future Part II (film)]
derogatory term: stupid person
 
boll-yotz n/interj [Farscape (television)]
expletive
 
bowb n/v/adj/adv/interj bowbed; bowbing [Bill the Galactic Hero by Harry Harrison]
usually vulgar: universal expletive and imprecation
 
bowbidy-bowb interj [Bill the Galactic Hero by Harry Harrison]
usually vulgar: universal expletive and imprecation
 
bowbing adj/adv [Bill the Galactic Hero by Harry Harrison]
usually vulgar: used as an intensive
 
bratchny n [A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess]
Nadsat term: bastard
 
breath of Issus interj [Martian Tales of Edgar Rice Burroughs]
used as a mild oath or to express surprise
 
by gargoyle interj [Johnny Sokko and His Flying Robot (television)]
used as a mild oath by members of the villainous Gargoyle Gang
 
by Grud interj [Judge Dredd; 2000 AD (comic)]
legally permitted mild oath also used to express surprise
 
by my first ancestor [Martian Tales of Edgar Rice Burroughs]
used as a mild oath
 
by Tao interj [Flash Gordon (comic; film; television)]
a major god of Mongo; used as a mild oath or to express surprise
(rhymes with "mayo")
 
by the clouds of Venus interj [Tom Corbett, Space Cadet]
used to express surprise
 
by the craters of Luna interj [Tom Corbett, Space Cadet]
used to express surprise
 
by the Emperor's beard interj [Flash Gordon (television, animated)]
used as a mild oath or to express surprise
 
by the gods of Mongo interj [Flash Gordon (television, animated)]
used as a mild oath or to express surprise
 
by the Great God Tao interj [Flash Gordon (comic; film; television)]
a major god of Mongo; used as a mild oath or to express surprise
(rhymes with "mayo")
 
by the Great Parrot of Hades interj [Doctor Who episode "The Pirate Planet"]
used as a mild oath
 
by the Mist Demons interj [Ringworld by Larry Niven]
used to express surprise
 
by the moons of Jupiter interj [Tom Corbett, Space Cadet]
used to express surprise
 
by the mother of the nearest moon [Martian Tales of Edgar Rice Burroughs]
used as a mild oath
 
by the rings of Saturn interj [Tom Corbett, Space Cadet]
used to express surprise
 
by the sky demon interj also by the beard of the sky demon, by the blood of the sky demon, by the curved fangs of the sky demon, by the left frontal lobe of the sky demon, by the raging fury of the sky demon [Doctor Who episode "The Pirate Planet"]
used as a mild oath
 
b'zugda hiara n [Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett]
Dwarfish derogatory term: lawn ornament
 
cagal [The Stainless Steel Rat Gets Drafted by Harry Harrison]
universal expletive
 
calot n [Martian Tales of Edgar Rice Burroughs]
a ten-legged beast with a froglike mouth regarded by the green men of Barsoom as dogs are regarded by the people of Earth; used disparagingly
 
censored n/v/adj/adv/interj [Known Space stories of Larry Niven]
universal expletive and imprecation
 
Chocoholics Anonymous interj [The Middleman (television)]
used to express surprise
 
chongo-longo [The Pirates of Dark Water (television, animated)]
expletive
 
chutes and ladders interj [The Middleman (television)]
used to express surprise; derived from the children's board game Chutes and Ladders (also known as Snakes and Ladders)
 
Crom n [Conan stories of Robert E. Howard]
the chief god of the Cimmerians; used as a mild oath or to express surprise
 
demon dogs n [Thundarr the Barbarian (television, animated)]
used interjectionally to express surprise
 
devil's thumbs interj [Doctor Who episode "The Pirate Planet"]
expletive
 
dingo kidneys n [The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams]
as in "I don't give a load of dingo kidneys."
 
drannit [Farscape (television)]
expletive
 
dren n/interj [Farscape (television)]
expletive
 
drokk n/v/interj drokked; drokking [Judge Dredd; 2000 AD (comic)]
legally permitted universal expletive and imprecation; also used to express surprise
 
drokking adj/adv [Judge Dredd; 2000 AD (comic)]
used as an intensive
 
e chu ta [Star Wars (film)]
used as an insult or rude comment
 
Earth n [Foundation and Earth by Isaac Asimov]
a term considered profane by the Comporellians
 
earthbag n [Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (film)]
derogatory term
 
Earth trash n [Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (television)]
Draconian epithet used to denote Earthlings
 
eema n [Farscape (television)]
"ass"
 
embleer adj [Watership Down by Richard Adams]
stinking
 
fahrbot adj [Farscape (television)]
crazy
 
father n [Brave New World by Aldous Huxley]
a term considered obscene
 
Feetal's Gizz interj [Lobo (comic)]
expletive
 
fekkik n [Farscape (television)]
derogatory term: fool; twit
 
felgercarb interj also feldercarb; feldergarb; felgergarb [Battlestar Galactica (television)]
expletive
 
fewmets n [Pern novels of Anne McCaffrey]
dragon feces
 
fight n/v [This Perfect Day by Ira Levin]
a term considered obscene
 
Finagle n [Known Space stories of Larry Niven]
possible euphemism for "God"; used in such expressions as "Finagle only knows" and "for Finagle's sake."
 
Finagle's ears interj [Known Space stories of Larry Niven]
expletive
 
Finagle's fist interj [Ringworld by Larry Niven]
expletive
 
Finagle's gonads interj [Known Space stories of Larry Niven]
expletive
 
Finagle's heavy hand interj [Ringworld by Larry Niven]
expletive
 
fire and brimstone interj [The Middleman (television)]
used to express surprise and consternation at the sight of someone smoking inside Middleman Headquarters
 
flaming moons of Hell interj [Doctor Who episode "The Pirate Planet"]
used as a mild oath
 
flamingo vb [Red Dwarf television]
"I flamingoed up... It's like a cock up, only much, much bigger." —Holly
 
flowers for Algernon interj [The Middleman (television)]
used to express surprise; derived from Flowers for Algernon, a short story (and later a novel) by Daniel Keyes
 
flup n [The Ringworld Engineers by Larry Niven]
seabottom ooze; used as an expletive
 
Ford n [Brave New World by Aldous Huxley]
used as a mild oath or to express surprise
 
frack n/v/interj also frak [Battlestar Galactica (television)]
universal expletive and imprecation
 
fracking adj/adv also frakking [Battlestar Galactica (television)]
used as an intensive
 
frag n/v/interj fragged; fragging [Babylon 5 (television); Lobo (comic)]
universal expletive and imprecation
 
fragging adj/adv [Babylon 5 (television); Lobo (comic)]
used as an intensive
 
fragments of moonrock interj [The Middleman (television)]
used to express surprise
 
frag off vi [Babylon 5 (television)]
scram
 
frek n/v [Farscape (television)]
expletive
 
frell n/v [Farscape (television)]
expletive
 
frelnik n [Frascape (television)]
one who frells
 
frimp [I Will Fear No Evil by Robert A. Heinlein]
a term considered obscene
 
Frithrah n [Watership Down by Richard Adams]
the lord Sun; used interjectionally
 
funt n [Sinister & Dexter; 2000 AD (comic)]
usually vulgar: derogatory term
 
funtwipe n [Sinister & Dexter; 2000 AD (comic)]
usually vulgar: derogatory term
 
furniture n [Soylent Green (film)]
derogatory term for women
 
futz interj [Ringworld by Larry Niven]
exclamatory use of the slang intransitive verb
 
galaxy interj [Foundation novels of Isaac Asimov]
used as a mild oath or to express surprise
 
galaxy interj [Quark (television)]
used as a mild oath or to express surprise; also used in the expressions "Oh, galaxy!" and "Oh, my galaxy!"
 
gall-monging adj [Battlestar Galactica (television)]
used disapprovingly
 
Ghent n [The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams]
a term considered obscene
 
ghosts of the living interj [The Middleman (television)]
exclamation and description of a specific event
 
gimbo n [Red Dwarf (television)]
derogatory term; probably a variation of gimboid or vice versa
 
gimboid n [Red Dwarf (television)]
derogatory term: incompetent; loser
 
go blow your jets vb [Tom Corbett, Space Cadet (television)]
imprecation
 
gob smack it interj [The Middleman (television)]
euphemism for "God damn it"
 
goit n [Red Dwarf (television)]
derogatory term: git
 
good gravity interj [Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World episode "Heart of the Storm"]
used to express surprise
 
goohulog adj [Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett]
Trollish swearword
 
gorram [Firefly (television)]
euphemism for "God-damned"
 
grapes of wrath interj [The Middleman (television)]
used to express surprise; derived from The Grapes of Wrath, a novel by John Steinbeck, derived in turn from a line in the song, "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" by Julia Ward Howe
 
great balls of ice interj [Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World episode "Ice Age"]
used to express surprise in reference to a "meteor" that was causing an unnatural drop in temperature
 
Great Barrier Reef interj [The Middleman (television)]
used to express surprise
 
great Caesar's ghost interj [Superman (comic)]
used to express surprise; frequently exclaimed by Perry White, editor of The Daily Planet; derived from Julius Caesar, a play by William Shakespeare (the expression predates Superman, but is included for novelty's sake)
 
great galaxies interj [Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World episode "Tapestry"]
used to express surprise
 
great galaxy interj [Space Ghost (television, animated)]
used to express surprise; exclaimed by Space Ghost
 
great galloping ghosts interj [Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World episode "End Game"]
used to express surprise
 
great hearts of palm interj [The Middleman (television)]
used to express surprise
 
great Krypton interj [Superman (comic)]
used to express surprise; a reference to the planet of Superman's birth
 
great Scott interj [Superman (comic)]
used to express surprise; frequently exclaimed by Superman; derived from the surname of U.S. General Winfield Scott (the expression predates Superman, but is included for novelty's sake)
 
great tribes of Gondor interj [The Brak Show (television, animated)]
used to express surprise; exclaimed by Thundercleese, Brak's neighbor
 
greebol n [Farscape (television)]
Nebari derogatory term: fool; twit
 
green-blooded adj [Star Trek (television)]
epithet used to denote one who is a Vulcan
 
grexnix [2000 AD (comic)]
used by the fictional editor, Tharg the Mighty
 
gritsucker n [Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett]
epithet used to denote one who is a Dwarf
 
groophar [Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett]
Trollish swearword
 
grot interj [Quark (television)]
expletive
 
Grud n/interj [Judge Dredd; 2000 AD (comic)]
legally permitted mild oath also used to express surprise
 
grup n [Star Trek episode "Miri"]
an adult; alteration of "grown-up"; used disparagingly
 
guns of Navarone interj [The Middleman (television)]
used to express surprise; derived from The Guns of Navarone, a novel by Alistair MacLean
 
gwenlan n [Red Dwarf (television)]
derogatory term
 
Hades hole [Battlestar Galactica (television)]
expletive (euphemism for "Hell"?)
 
halls of Montezuma interj [The Middleman (television)]
used to express surprise; derived from The Halls of Montezuma, a film, derived in turn from a line in the song, "Semper Fidelis" by John Philip Sousa
 
hands across America interj [The Middleman (television)]
used to express surprise; derived from a charitable event called "Hands Across America" symbolized by a human chain extending from coast to coast
 
hawks of the Luftwaffe interj [The Middleman (television)]
used to express surprise
 
herbert n [Star Trek episode "The Way to Eden"]
epithet used by space hippies to denote one who is "square"
 
Hezmana n/interj [Farscape (television)]
Luxan word for "Hell"
 
hippikaloric [Ozma of Oz by L. Frank Baum]
allegedly a swearword (according to the Nomes)
 
holy cats interj [The Thing from Another World (film)]
used to express surprise (the expression actually predates the film by at least 13 years, but is included for novelty's sake)
 
holy Hyperion interj [Captain Video and His Video Rangers (television)]
used to express surprise
 
holy lizards interj [Lexx (television)]
a mild oath; possibly refers to the Cluster lizards used for the execution of heretics in the Light Universe
 
holy Zarquon's singing fish interj [The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams]
exclamation
 
hopping hop toads interj [Dino Boy (television, animated)]
used to express surprise; exclaimed by Dino Boy
 
hot rockets interj [Space Patrol (television)]
exclamation
 
house of pancakes interj [The Middleman (television)]
used to express surprise
 
hraka n [Watership Down by Richard Adams]
feces; used as an insult with the word silflay (meaning literally "to feed outside" or loosely "to eat"), as in "Silflay hraka!"
 
Issus n/interj [Martian Tales of Edgar Rice Burroughs]
used as a mild oath or to express surprise
 
Jefferson interj [Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning (film)]
used as a mild oath or to express surprise
 
Jefferson's jellies interj [Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning (film)]
used as a mild oath or to express surprise
 
jenga-leng [The Pirates of Dark Water (television, animated)]
expletive
 
Jimmy crack corn interj [The Middleman (television)]
used to express surprise; derived from the song, "Jim Crack Corn; or, The Blue Tail Fly" by Daniel Decatur Emmett
 
jitat [The Pirates of Dark Water (television, animated)]
expletive
 
joojooflop [The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams]
expletive
 
Jovis n/interj [Judge Dredd; 2000 AD (comic)]
euphemism for "Jesus" or serving a similar purpose
 
jumping jets interj [Captain Video and His Video Rangers (television)]
used to express surprise
 
jumping spacebats interj [Quark (television)]
used to express surprise
 
kark n/interj [I Will Fear No Evil by Robert A. Heinlein]
expletive
 
khadassa n [Deryni novels of Katherine Kurtz]
expletive
 
kiss my Asimov vb [The Middleman (television)]
euphemism for "kiss my ass"; derived from the surname of writer Isaac Asimov and uttered by a malfunctioning Ida when reminded of one of the "Laws of Robotics" (as described by Asimov in I, Robot)
 
klono n/interj [Lensmen novels of E.E. "Doc" Smith]
used as a mild oath
 
knee-biter n [The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams]
used disparangingly
 
lackey n [Prelude to Foundation by Isaac Asimov]
epithet used by Trantorians
 
laserbrain n [Star Wars (film)]
used disparagingly
 
loomas n [Farscape (television)]
slang: breasts
 
Lord Finagle interj [Ringworld by Larry Niven]
used as an expletive or to express surprise
 
lord of the flies interj [Fly Me to the Moon (film, animated)]
exclamation; used in the expression "Oh, my lord of the flies!"; derived from Lord of the Flies, a novel by William Golding
 
Lords of Light interj [Thundarr the Barbarian (television, animated)]
mild oath usually used to express surprise
 
meb [Saturday Night Live/Coneheads (television/film)]
Conehead expletive
 
mep [Saturday Night Live/Coneheads (television/film)]
Conehead expletive
 
Merlin's beard interj [Harry Potter novels of J.K. Rowling]
used to express surprise
 
Merlin's pants interj [Harry Potter novels of J.K. Rowling]
used as an expletive or to express surprise
 
mibs [Saturday Night Live/Coneheads (television/film)]
Conehead expletive
 
mik'ta [Stargate SG-1 (television)]
used as an insult
 
mips [Saturday Night Live/Coneheads (television/film)]
Conehead expletive
 
mivonks n [Farscape (television)]
slang: testicles
 
Mist Demons interj [Known Space stories of Larry Niven]
used as an expletive or to express surprise
 
modo n [Red Dwarf (television)]
derogatory term (derived from combination of "modern" and "dodo"?)
 
monkey-boy n [The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (film)]
epithet used to denote human Earthlings
 
moons of madness interj [Doctor Who episode "The Pirate Planet"]
expletive
 
Moscow Rule Number Nine interj [The Middleman (television)]
exclamation referring to one of a number of alleged Cold War rules of espionage, in this case Moscow Rule #9: "Technology will always fail you."
 
Moses-esus interj [The Brak Show (television, animated)]
combination of "Moses" and "Jesus"
 
mother n [Brave New World by Aldous Huxley]
a term considered obscene
 
mother of pearl interj [Get Smart (film)]
exclamation
 
Mother of Science interj [Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World (television)]
used to express surprise
 
Mudblood n [Harry Potter novels of J.K. Rowling]
epithet used to denote one of mixed Wizarding and Muggle, or nonmagical, ancestry
 
Muggle-lover n [Harry Potter novels of J.K. Rowling]
one who is sympathetic to Muggles (nonmagical persons) or the Muggle-born; used disparagingly
 
mutie n [X-Men (comic)]
epithet used to denote one who is a mutant
 
my little pony interj [The Middleman (television)]
used to express surprise; derived from [you guessed it] the My Little Pony line of toys
 
Neptunian gnat n [Tom Corbett, Space Cadet]
derogatory term
 
nerfherder n [Star Wars (film)]
used disparagingly
 
nimnul n [Mork & Mindy (television)]
used disparagingly
 
noshabkeming n/interj [Lensmen novels of E.E. "Doc" Smith]
used as a mild oath or to express surprise
 
photon n [The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams]
general euphemism
 
planet's pain interj [Doctor Who episode "The Pirate Planet"]
used as a mild oath (as in "What the planet's pain...")
 
podaka n [Battlestar Galactica (television)]
derogatory term
 
pogees n [Battlestar Galactica (television)]
expletive
 
pointy-eared adj [Star Trek (television)]
epithet used to denote one who is a Vulcan
 
poodoo n [Star Wars (film)]
feces
 
protein sack n [Lexx (television)]
derogatory term: human; an epithet used by the robot 790 against Stanley Tweedle
 
prunt n [The Year of the City by Frederik Pohl]
usually vulgar: combination of "prick" and "cunt"
 
puckernuts interj [ElfQuest (comic)]
expletive
 
quaequam blag interj [2000 AD (comic)]
used by the fictional editor, Tharg the Mighty, as an expletive or to express surprise
 
Ripley's Believe It or Not interj [The Middleman (television)]
used to express surprise; derived from Ripley's Believe It or Not, an illustrated newspaper article, series of books, and television show
 
rock n [Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett]
epithet used to denote one who is a Troll
 
rutting v [Firefly (television)]
used as an intensive
 
sands of Zanzibar interj [The Middleman (television)]
used to express surprise
 
scorch it interj [Pern novels of Anne McCaffrey]
expletive
 
scut pango interj [The Pirates of Dark Water (television, animated)]
expletive
 
scrote n [Back to the Future Part II (film)]
usually vulgar: testicles
 
scuzzpuck n [Sinister & Dexter; 2000 AD (comic)]
derogatory term: jerk
 
shards n/interj [Pern novels of Anne McCaffrey]
expletive
 
shazbot interj [Mork & Mindy (television)]
expletive
 
shifter n [Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (television)]
epithet used to denote one who is a Changeling
 
shiitake mushrooms n/interj also shitake mushrooms [Spy Kids (film)]
expletive and obvious euphemism; usually spoken as "Shii...take mushrooms!"
 
shliznat n [Farscape (television)]
derogatory term
 
shol'vah n [Stargate SG-1 (television)]
traitor
 
shores of Tripoli interj [The Middleman (television)]
used to express surprise; derived from a line in the the song, "Semper Fidelis" by John Philip Sousa
 
shrok [Babylon 5 (television)]
Narn expletive
 
skev interj [Rogue Trooper; 2000 AD (comic)]
exclamation
 
slit n also slittie [The Shockwave Rider by John Brunner]
usually vulgar: derogatory term for women
 
slitch n [Friday by Robert A. Heinlein]
combination of "slut" and "bitch"
 
slot n [stories of Spider Robinson]
usually vulgar: alteration of "slut"
 
smeg n/v/adj/interj smegged; smegging; smeggy; smeggier; smeggiest [Red Dwarf (television)]
usually vulgar: expletive and imprecation
 
smegbrain n [Red Dwarf (television)]
usually vulgar: derogatory term
 
smeg-for-brains n [Red Dwarf (television)]
usually vulgar: derogatory term
 
smegger n [Red Dwarf television]
usually vulgar: derogatory term
 
smegging adj/adv [Red Dwarf (television)]
usually vulgar: used as an intensive
 
smegging hell interj [Red Dwarf (television)]
usually vulgar: expletive
 
smeghead n [Red Dwarf (television)]
usually vulgar: derogatory term
 
smeg off vi [Red Dwarf (television)]
usually vulgar: scram
 
smegpot n [Red Dwarf (television)]
usually vulgar: derogatory term
 
smeg up n/v [Red Dwarf (television)]
a mistake or the act of making one; blooper
 
smoke you
vb [The Fifth Element (film)]
imprecation (probably vulgar)
 
smoking rockets interj [Space Patrol (television)]
used to express surprise
 
smugfunt n [Sinister & Dexter; 2000 AD (comic)]
usually vulgar: derogatory term
 
snakehead n [Babylon 5 (television)]
human derogatory term for aliens
 
sneck [Strontium Dog; 2000 AD (comic)]
universal expletive
 
socialator n [Battlestar Galactica (television)]
prostitute
 
son of a bacchai interj [Xena: Warrior Princess (television)]
euphemism for "son of a bitch"
 
son of a calot n [Martian Tales of Edgar Rice Burroughs]
derogatory term; literally "son of a Barsoomian dog"
 
son of a hamster interj [Get Smart (film)]
euphemism for "son of a bitch"
 
son of a monkey's uncle interj [The Middleman (television)]
euphemism for "son of a bitch"
 
soyashit n [The Forever War by Joe Haldeman]
expletive meaning "synthetic feces"
 
spacecrawler n [Tom Corbett, Space Cadet]
derogatory term
 
spacefluff n [Quark (television)]
something worthless or useless
 
spacehead n [Quark (television)]
derogatory term
 
spaceslug n [Tom Corbett, Space Cadet]
derogatory term
 
spoonhead n [Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (television)]
epithet used to denote one who is a Cardassian
 
stak interj [Rogue Trooper; 2000 AD (comic)]
exclamation
 
stomm n [Judge Dredd; 2000 AD (comic)]
slang: feces
 
story of O interj [The Middleman (television)]
used to express surprise; derived from The Story of O, a novel
 
stroke v [Babylon 5 (television)]
usually vulgar: to copulate
 
sweet Molly Brown interj [The Middleman (television)]
used to express surprise; derived from the song, "Sweet Molly Brown"
 
tanj n/v/interj tanjed; tanjing [Ringworld by Larry Niven]
(There Ain't No Justice) expletive and imprecation
 
tanjit interj [Ringworld by Larry Niven]
expletive
 
TANSTAAFL interj [The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein]
(There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch) expletive
 
ten thousand devils interj [The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (film)]
expletive
 
thoddo n [Farscape (television)]
derogatory term: stupid person
 
Thursday interj [Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning (film)]
expletive
 
tralk n [Farscape (television)]
whore
 
Tropic of Cancer interj [The Middleman (television)]
used to express surprise
 
twonk n [Red Dwarf (television)]
derogatory term [etymology uncertain]
 
ulsio n [Martian Tales of Edgar Rice Burroughs]
a Barsoomian rat; used disparagingly
 
unmutual adj [The Prisoner (television)]
accusatory term: uncoöperative, antisocial, subversive; used of anyone in the Village who does not conform
 
unprintable adj [Foundation and Empire by Isaac Asimov]
expletive
 
unprintably adv [Foundation and Empire by Isaac Asimov]
expletive
 
Venusian swamp lizard n [Tom Corbett, Space Cadet (television)]
used disparangingly
 
veruul n [Star Trek: The Next Generation (television)]
Romulan expletive
 
vulky adj [Star Trek: Voyager (television)]
derogatory term: uninteresting; derived from "Vulcan"
 
wonker n [Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett]
alteration of "wanker"
 
wowsers interj [Inspector Gadget (television, animated)]
used to express surprise
 
yarbles n [A Clockork Orange by Anthony Burgess]
Nadsat term: testicles
 
yotz [Farscape (television)]
universal expletive
 
zark [Farscape (television)]
expletive and imprecation
 
zark [The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams]
expletive
 
zarking [The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams]
used as an intensive
 
zarking fardwarks [The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams]
expletive
 
zarking photon [The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams]
expletive





Compiled by Gordon A. Cooper





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bastiche

bastard
DC's Lobo



bitca

bitch (from an amusing moment in canon)
Buffy










drad

cool
Farscape



drannit

in context: "you stupid ____"
Farscape



drek

shit
general, Legion Of Superheroes



dren

shit
Farscape



drokk

fuck
Judge Dredd







eema

ass
Farscape







fahrbot

crazy
Farscape



fekt

fuck -- used by denizens of Mojoworld
Marvel



feldercarb

shit
Battlestar Galactica



fewmets

droppings, archaic -- shows up in several fandoms
Madeleine L'Engle, T.H. White



flonq

fuck -- futuristic
Marvel (Cable, mainly)



frack

fuck
Battlestar Galactica



frell

fuck
Farscape



frelnik

fucker -- in context: "you stupid ____"
Farscape







gorram

goddamn
Firefly



gorrammit

goddamnit
Firefly







hezmana

hell
Farscape



















mivonks

balls
Farscape













puuduu

shit, literally
Star Wars










ruttin'

fuckin'
Firefly







shiny

cool, neat
Firefly



smeg, smeggin'

all-purpose
Red Dwarf



smeghead

asshole, idiot, jerk
Red Dwarf



sprock

fuck
Legion Of Superheroes



squaj

bitch/bastard
Legion Of Superheroes







tanj

acronym: There Ain't No Justice -- "what the fuck"
Larry Niven (Ringworld)



tanstaafl

acronym: There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch -- a resigned "fuck" as in "what the fuck"
Robert Heinlein (The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress)



tralk

slut
Farscape



















yosh!

very cool -- pronounced "YOsh"
Invasion America



yotz

fuck; also in context: "you stupid ____"
Farscape







zootie

ass
Legion Of Superheroes