Polite swearing words? [closed]
Would I ever use any of these words... No, not most. Would an author? Probably not. There is nothing wrong with using swear words in writing. And if you are in a publication that you can't use them then you probably need to just explain or skip the exacts:
- Son of a Biscuit
- Son of a Beach
- Darn-it
- Crap
- Mother Trucker
- Dagnabit
- Good grief (Charilie Brown)
- Dang-it
- Yo-Yo Ma (Kramer)
- Serenity Now (George Costanza)
- Poo Poo head (kindergarteners)
- Bugger (A Christmas Story)
- Oh Fudge (A Christmas Story)
Consider using euphemisms as frack, frick, fracking, fricking, freaking.
frack: sanitized replacement for fuck used on Battlestar Galactica
frick: euphemism for fuck
fricking: a Southern and Midwestern slang word used to express excitement or anger without using profanity
freaking: euphemism for fucking
That was so freaking (or fricking) hard!
"That was so fucking hard".
There are lots of non-vulgar replacements. They tend to be a bit flowery:
That was like carrying a horse up a ladder.
That job was tough as nails.
That was like stuffing a ten inch rock into a five inch box. (many variants)
That felt like herding cats.