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Frack.  From Battlestar Galactica.

 

Gorram.  From Firefly.

 

 

My personal favorite is just "monkeys."  You have that hard consonant in the middle to get your emotions out, and can easily slide into it from the m and n.  It's satisfying and completely irreligious. :)

 

 I was going to mention these two. Fellow nerd beat me to it

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Turducken!

 

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"Turducken is a dish consisting of a de-boned chicken stuffed into a de-boned duck, which is in turn stuffed into a de-boned turkey. The word turducken is a portmanteau of turkey, duck, and chicken."

 

(Wikipedia, "Turkucken")

Overrated IMHO.

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Turducken!

 

300px-Turducken_easter06.jpg

 

"Turducken is a dish consisting of a de-boned chicken stuffed into a de-boned duck, which is in turn stuffed into a de-boned turkey. The word turducken is a portmanteau of turkey, duck, and chicken."

 

(Wikipedia, "Turkucken")

Overrated IMHO.

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Obviously, you have strong feelings about my strong language, Nihil!

  You said TURDUCKEN TWICE!!!!! :horrors!:

 

But sometimes things that are just ... turduckened up! 

(And I know a few people  and things that really ARE like a chicken stuffed in a duck stuffed in a turkey! -- don't you?)

 

EmilyAnn, now that I think of it, my husband's grandmother used to say "Santa Maria Benedetta!'  (Holy Blessed Mary!) a lot!  Throwing up her hands and looking to the heavens in mock supplication.   It was really funny coming out of a 90+ year old lady. 

 

Kind of like 'Holy Mother Macree," which is what my mother's mother used to say!

 

 

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Somehow in our family, some of my siblings started using 'carp' (because Mom objected to a similar word with the a and r swapped), and then that turned into 'carp-it' or 'carpet!'

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Mork used to say "Sahzbat!" as a substitute for a bodily function.

 

In Italy, "Madonna" is sort of standard as a response to bad news.

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Substitutions only work for me if I can use them to catch myself after the launch sequence has started.

 

E.g.:  

 

I miss my train and go: Oh shhhhh---------ugar.

 

or

 

I stub my toe and say: God! bless America.

 

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LinaSt.Cecilia2772

My roommate and I say these two alot:

 

Dang Flabbit Joe Rabbit

 

and

 

Cheese and Rice (Instead of Jesus Christ) 

 

 

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For me, the problem is not in the vowels but in the intention.

I agree. That's why I typically don't use substitutes. :)

"Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer."

Mark Twain
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