5:17pm October 6, 2014

Minced oaths

The joder post got a lot of hilarious notes about minced oaths in other languages. Being home sick last week, I had some time to go through all the separate threads and put them all together (but I might have missed some). Enjoy the swearing!

Spanish

joder (f*ck) —> jo, jopetas, jopé, jolín, jolines (speutschlish), jopelines, jobá, jobar, joer, joé (vickymaus)

mierda (sh*t) —> miércoles (Wednesday) (spanishskulduggery)

carajo (penis) —> caracoles (snails) (cancionesparalaluna)

chingado (f*cking) —> chihuahuas (ponte-vanima)

me cago en X (I sh*t on [whatever]) —> mecachis (linguonerd)

coño (c*nt) —> ño (alwaysdignity)

French

merde (sh*t) —> Mercredi (Wednesday) (jaimetalangue)

Québecois

câlice (chalice) —> câlin de bine (allthingslinguistic)

tabarnac (tabernacle) —> tabernouche (allthingslinguistic)

criss (Christ) —> crimpuff (creampuff) (psqqa)

foké, f*cking (French version of English f*ck) —> used commonly without the negative connotation of the English words (leninsy)

Finnish

perkele (goddamnit) —> perjantai (Friday) (aofunk)

English

sh*t —> sugar (saoili, learn-learn-learn-learn-teach)

Italian

merda (sh*t) —> mercoledì (monkey-freaking-business), merlo (uninterrupted-mournfulness)

cazzo (dick) —> cacchio (quickermorequickly, doug-zestien), cavolo (doug-zestien)

Neapolitan

pataterno —> pataturco (padreterno in Italian) (doug-zestien)

Portuguese

foda(s) (f*ck) —> fogo (fire) (shakespearebeatschocolatelit)

German

Scheiße (sh*t) —> Scheibenkleister (slice glue), Scheibenhonig (honey still in the comb), Sch…ade. (pity) (ooksaidthelibrarian)

Polish

kurwa (whore) —> kur…zapiał (The rooster crowed!), kur…ka wodna (moorhen), kur…czę blade (pale chicken), kur…czę pieczone (roasted chicken), ku…pa jeża (hedgehog poop) (magicmattie), kur… Warszawa nie hoduje (Warsaw doesn’t breed chickens), kurde (spoopymeow)

sukinsyn (son of a b*tch) —> sukinkot (cat of a b*tch) (magicmattie)

(And yes, I have a mother tongue-bias where I have to censor the English because it’s too strong for me.)