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JediGaladriel Title: Manager Emeritus Registered: Sep '99	Date Posted: 10/19/02 3:11pm Subject: RE: Swear Words in Star Wars
	This is the first of three definitions in dictionary.com (one of my favorite sites): sa·dism Pronunciation Key (sdzm, sdz-) n. The deriving of sexual gratification or the tendency to derive sexual gratification from inflicting pain or emotional abuse on others. The deriving of pleasure, or the tendency to derive pleasure, from cruelty. Extreme cruelty. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [After SadeComte, Donatien Alphonse François de.]
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Lt_Jaina_Solo Registered: May '02	Date Posted: 10/24/02 4:04pm Subject: RE: Swear Words in Star Wars
	up for people to read, contribute, and use! -----signature----- Handmaiden Irelynné, Handmaiden of the Crest All links to stories in bio!
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Lt_Jaina_Solo Registered: May '02	Date Posted: 10/28/02 5:57pm Subject: RE: Swear Words in Star Wars
	uppers! -----signature----- Handmaiden Irelynné, Handmaiden of the Crest All links to stories in bio!
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The_Standmaiden Registered: Jul '02	Date Posted: 10/31/02 7:21pm Subject: RE: Swear Words in Star Wars
	A random up by someone who does not have "Jaina" in their name!
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Bellyup Registered: Jun '02	Date Posted: 11/1/02 12:31pm Subject: RE: Swear Words in Star Wars
	I've used 'great bantha in the morning!' before. Just something that popped into my head one day. And of course, there is always poodoo. -----signature----- "He gave His life, what more could He give? Oh how He loves you and me!" My reaction to RotK: Rohirrim... -- SAM!!-- Pippin!!-- Denethor-- EVERYTHING! Spoiler Free Til Episode Three...mostly...
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The_Standmaiden Registered: Jul '02	Date Posted: 11/1/02 5:17pm Subject: RE: Swear Words in Star Wars
	I recently read a fic where instead of using the dreaded "other word for human excrement", the character said "No bantha cheese!" I think it was by Trickster_Jaina_Fel (trying to give credit where it is due here )
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Jedi_Liz Title: Former CR Lincoln NE, USA Registered: Apr '00	Date Posted: 11/14/02 7:31pm Subject: RE: Swear Words in Star Wars
	UP for newbie writers -----signature----- Current Fic: Lightswords of Fury: Special Edition - L/M Romance http://boards.theforce.net/beyond_the_saga/b10477/24270936/ Chapter 19 posted on 7/21/08 Coming SOON: Mara Jade of Chandrila Grove Coming SOON to SAGA Fanfic
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Coota Registered: Nov '02	Date Posted: 11/15/02 7:47am Subject: RE: Swear Words in Star Wars
	I don't see any point in making up Star Wars words for swear words. If you need to use swear words from this world, and they're appropriate to the situation, use them. If they're not, don't. It's that simple. Words like Sithspit don't carry the proper feeling behind them, or the proper sense of disgust. -----signature----- There are two kinds of people in this world, my friend. Those with loaded guns, and those who dig. You dig. The Scoundrel Chronicles: Birth of a Rebellion; http://boards.theforce.net/message.asp?topic=9467296
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inez_the_swampgirl Registered: Apr '02	Date Posted: 11/15/02 8:09am Subject: RE: Swear Words in Star Wars
	I've read 'kreth' as a swear word before. I don't remember where I first read it though, so if it is a fanfic creation, kudos to that author. As for Sith, I disagree with you Galadriel. The people of the Old Republic would probably not use the word, as you say, because of lack of knowledge. However, with the rise of Palpatine and Vader, I would think the people during the Civil War and New Republic would have a better understanding of what a Sith is, however skewed that knowledge might be. Darth Vader was known as "The Dark Lord of the Sith". Even if the people didn't exactly know what a Sith was, I would think they would make the connection between Sith and 'evil' and use the term as a swear word, especially the Rebels. inez -----signature----- I'd Do It All Again - http://boards.theforce.net/message.asp?topic=9359730&replies=0 Ex-Padawan to Excal
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Lt_Jaina_Solo Registered: May '02	Date Posted: 11/28/02 4:23pm Subject: RE: Swear Words in Star Wars
	upping for newbies! thanks for all new contributions! -----signature----- Handmaiden Irelynné, Handmaiden of the Crest All links to stories in bio!
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spiritgurl Registered: Jul '03	Date Posted: 6/6/04 3:34pm Subject: RE: Swear Words in Star Wars
	From The Completely Unofficial SW Encyclopedia Bastasi this was an Ansionian swear word, used to indicated an individual's loss of patience. (APS) Bishwag this was a swear word, used by many humans during the last decades of the Old Republic to indicate an untrustworthy being. (DRKN) Bloah this was a swear word used on the planet Tatooine during the last decades of the Old Republic. (TG) Chubba this was a swear word used by the Squib race. (TG) Droyk this is a Corellian swear word. (VOF) Druk this alien swear word was used to slangly describe excrement. (T16) Emwhulb a Socorran swear word, meant to indicate a being of low standards and no loyalty. (BSS) Farkled this swear word was used to describe any situation which was bleak or disastrous, as in ,"We're farkled." (T4) Fedding this was a swear word used throughout the Tapani Sector of the galaxy. (SWJ4) Ferglutz this was a Quarren swear word. (RS) Filswik this was a swear word used by Alliance pilots. (T12) Flack a swear word used by many Imperial troops. (VOF) Flarg a swear word which often referred to excrement. (ROE) Flott this was an alien swear word. (MC78) Flupp this was a Dug swear word. (SWI64) Frack a swear word (SOL) Frag a swear word (GOF7) Freg this was a swear word. (GG11) Frink a Corellia swear word. (TFE) Frip a swear word. (SESB) Fripping this was a swear word used as an adjective by the natives of the planet Indu San. (SWJ6) Gartal this was an Alderaanian swear word. (TG) Gfersh this is a Rodian swear word. (GG11) Grist this was a swear word used by the inhabitants of the planet Lok. (CRBN) Grotty this was an Ansionian swear word, used as an adjective to describe another individual. (APS) Ish'ka this was a Yuuzhan Vong swear word, used to indicate one's displeasure with a situation. (FH3) Jactna this was a Rodian swear word. (T6) Kark this was a swear word used by the Kiffar. (J4) Khapet this was a Yuuzhan Vong swear word, often used when an individual discovered that they had made a mistake. (FP) Krazsch this was a swear word used by the Riileb people. (SWJ6) Kriff this is an Imperial swear word. (VOF) Krozit this was a Nikto swear word. (ROP) Ktah this was a Chiss swear word. Because the Chiss rarely showed any sort of emotion, the use of such words was reserved for intense or unusual situations. (FH2) Kwaag this was a Tulgah swear word. (MECAR) Moojpuck this was an Ansionian swear word, often used by the Gwurran. (APS) Mopak this Ansionian swear word was used to indicate excrement. (APS) Munk this was a Stassian swear word, indicating a form of excrement. (SWJ6) Murglak this was a swear word used by many disreputable groups, during the last decades of the Old Republic. (SHW) Pustina this is a Drach'nam swear word. (TFNR) Saen a Coway swear word known to Halla, it has something to do with a person's parentage. Halla tells Luke that it's a Coway word meaning "quit," used when two combatant are fighting to determine Canu's decision on a dispute. The battle is decided when one combatant dies or quits. She says this in hopes that Luke would use it if he was near to defeat, to momentarily disengage his assailant and gain the upper hand. (SME) Schutta this was a Twi'leki swear word, used to indicate a being of poor repute. It was derived from the name of a weasel-like creature native to Ryloth. (JQ) Shas'mink this is a Laerdocian swear-word. (SOP) Shavit this is a swear word used by the farmers of Pakrik Minor. (VOF) Skrag a Corellian swear word. (TFE) Snark this was a swear word used by the human inhabitants of the planet Ord Mantell and several other planets. (ROP, REL) Snivgold this was an Ansionian swear word, used to describe another individual. (APS) Snivgold this was an Ansionian swear word, used to describe another individual in a rude way. (APS) Squark this was a Dug swear word. (RHD) Stang Alderaanian swear word. (SME, DLS) Verre this is a Kerestian swear word. (SSR) Vos an Alderaanian swear word. (XWRS) sg -----signature----- My fics: http://zalibethe.com/kenobi/storylisting.htm (update 6/29) Master of Solo-Evenstar ~ August Epic of the Month - Spirit Warriors of Angharad by Ophelia http://boards.theforce.net/The_Saga/b10476/15836193/p1
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jedi_keladry Registered: Jan '04	Date Posted: 6/6/04 4:40pm Subject: RE: Swear Words in Star Wars - Date Edited: 6/6/04 8:04pm (1 edits total) Edited By: jedi_keladry
	I like Sithspit. And Shavit has that satisfying SH sound, ending with the the fricative T sound, like our Earthly profanity that came from the phrase "Ship High In Transit." I also took a cue from the author Tamora Pierce. In her novels that are set in Tortall, which is a country with many pagan gods, she has the characters swear by Mithros or the Goddess, or (my favorite) "Mithros, Minnoss, and Shakith!" So I invent individual names for individual pagan-type gods on worlds and have the natives of those worlds swear by them, or invoke them. Example, from one of my fics, invoking Naboo's god of death: Obi-Wan repeated the customary Nubian prayer for the dead: "As she gave light to our lives, so may Tokith light her way to the Endless Domains. Peace to Padmé." But that's just me. Edit: Thanks, Drabbo. I could not for the life of me remember where I'd heard Grotty before, and it was bugging me. He was talking about that posh bird Susan, wasn't he? Or was it the shirts they were handing him? And I agree - it's too Earthly to use in SW. One wrong word and I'm kicked right out of the story's world. -----signature----- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and good with ketchup. Acolyte of Luke Skywalker, John Williams, Severus Snape, and Happy Bunny, But Obi-Wan is my Precious... Just Keladry. One side fits all.
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Drabbo_Fett Registered: Feb '03	Date Posted: 6/6/04 6:53pm Subject: RE: Swear Words in Star Wars
	Grotty? Grotty? Can anyone who's read The Approaching Storm tell me the context? If it's used like a shortened form of grotesque, then I'd say that'd be as much an Earthism as geek. [For those who don't know, "grotty" was 60s British slang. It became really popular after George Harrison used it in A Hard Day's Night, and it's since entered somewhat broader use.] -----signature----- Drabbo's Challenges: http://boards.theforce.net/message.asp?topic=18433066 Author of... Fett's Drabbles: http://boards.theforce.net/The_Saga/b10476/12078387 ...and more!
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ophelia Title: Ex-Mod Registered: Jun '02	Date Posted: 6/6/04 8:49pm Subject: RE: Swear Words in Star Wars - Date Edited: 6/7/04 1:09am (1 edits total) Edited By: ophelia
	IMO, made-up swear words fall flat far more often than they work. Anthony Burgess studied the way slang develops before he came up with the street vocabulary in "A Clockwork Orange," and his street words work because of the research he did. Language is a subtle and complicated thing, and it makes me nuts when a writer figures he can just substitute mmplxl for "damn" and have it all be good. Bah, I say unto you. And again: Bah! I know this is a thread about made-up swear words, but I'd like to offer a few alternatives to using "kriff," "frak," and so on: 1) Don't use any swear words at all. Somehow, GL has managed to give us about 9 hours of film in which a variety of emotions are expressed without anyone using swear words stronger than "hell" or "damn." The constraint of having to work around swear words has given the SW saga some of its more memorable lines: "Threepio, you tell that slimy piece of worm-ridden filth he'll get no such pleasure from us!" "Governor Tarkin. I recognized your foul stench when I was brought on board." "Lovely girl." (Don't underestimate the power of dramatic understatement, especially with "I've got it all under control" characters like Han and Obi-Wan.) 2) Use real-world curse work-arounds. Some of them are quite creative, and not especially Earth-centric: "You're not going to have any luck with him. Not with him following Gunray around, kissing the Trade Federation's shiny assets." "We're not going anywhere," he said, giving the hydrospanner another vigorous twist, "not unless I can get this motherless excuse for a hyperdrive working." "I hope you burn for this," she snarled, glaring the Imperial official in the eye. 3) Give summaries or "translations" of curse words. The alluvial damper popped out of place again, and Han swore. Anakin leaned back against his winning pod and folded his arms, waiting until the Dug's tirade was over. "I dunno Sebulba . . . that sounds like sore-loser talk to me," he said. "Besides, I'm human. That stuff isn't even possible." The spice dealer proceeded to cast aspersions on Obi-Wan's parentage, religion, and choice of activities when alone. 4) Leave the plain old everyday curse words in, and post your story to a different site. If swear words are so integral to your story that you can't possibly write around them, the story may not be suitable for underage audiences anyway. FWIW, I have never seen complaints about English swear words being too "Earthly" in PG-13+ SW fics. The whole saga is written in English, for heaven's sake. If a chair is a chair and a table is a table, then ** should be **. Many of the arguments against using made-up swear words are the same as the arguments against using real ones. Like clichés, curse words don't actually convey very much information, can get repetitive and boring, and can provide an excuse to take the path of least resistence and avoid creativity. The other danger in using made-up curse words is they can sound damn silly. (Sorry . . . I meant kliffing, frakking, mmplxlzing silly.) My personal advice is to consider one of the four approaches above first, and resort to using kliff or kriff or glyph or whatever only if absolutely necessary. -----signature----- In the jungle, the mighty jungle, the lion sleeps with your mom
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Eariwien_Starsong Registered: Sep '03	Date Posted: 8/19/04 10:03pm Subject: RE: Swear Words in Star Wars
	Thank you, Amidala_Skywalker, for clearing some stuff up that I thought needed to be said. As much fun as SW swear words really are, I think that sometimes fics overuse them to sound cool or natural. I agree (mostly) that if a chair is a chair and a table is a table that ** should be **. However, you can't overlook the fact that certain things are just more fun to say in SW-lingo. For instance, Sithspit and Shavit were always two of my personal favorites when it came to SW swear words. I actually use those from time to time in real life. They just are fun to use, especially because when you do use them in real life, people look at you funny. To add a few SW swear words/phrases that are pretty mild to the list: I've heard something like "son of a Kowokian Monkey-Lizard" or simply refering to someone as a "Kowokian Monkey-Lizard" used a few times in the OT books. Also, using "Force" just as one would take the name of God in vain tends to happen a lot. As in "Good Force, woman" or whatever. Just my little bit of input for you guys. -----signature----- Marching band: The ultimate contact sport Sticks and stones only break bones but words can shatter the soul What's that big squarish expanse of land between Colorado and Montana? (it's NOT northern Colorado!) What am I? Flypaper for freaks? fic count: 1
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