Swear Words in Star Wars

One more question: can people just say, "kriff" without the -ing on it? Like a sort of "Oh, kriff!" type of thing? I don't want to use "Sith" because of the person who's saying it and I want a one-syllable curse.

 

I enjoy using the term "NERF HERDER", and the charactory in my head often tell each other to "go heard your nerf"

 

Don't forget the more common swear words:

Heck
Darn
Gosh

 

i'm glad it helped, Am! this thread was created because i wanted to know what words were used in the GFFA when i have my characters swear in my writing...


thanks for all your cooperation, peeps! if you find any more, please post them so that others can use them!

 

meant to add this earlier, but i didn't get around to it until now...



list of swear words from Dantana's site:

stang
vapin'
Emperor's black bones
blast
blaster bolts
Sith spit
Sith spawn
Sith blood
bantha fodder
poodoo
shavit
droyk
krif / kriffing

 

So, krif only has one 'f'?

 

not sure...that's what was on her site...but i've seen it with both one and two "f"'s

 

I just found a curse in NJ0: Rebel Stand.
swear by: ALL NINE CORILLIAN HELLS

 

That's a lot of hell...

 

I got the "krif" out of the HOT duology.

I'm going to be updating that list pretty soon. If any of you could e-mail me with any SW swearwords that I currently don't have on the list, I'd appreciate it. That way, everyone can just go there to see.

Dana

 

i'll try...if i can find the time...

 

upping this so others can see it and contribute

 

this is actualy from the ganuts ghosts novels, but still:

Move it, you fething son of an Ork!

 

Gaunts ghost novels

"stupid fragger!"
LT. Kage

 

or, from The vervunhive ghosts: What the gak do you thuink you're doing?

 

i would like to thank everyone that has contributed and please continue posting here...


whenever you find Star Wars swear words, please post them here so that everyone can use them...even if you're not sure whether they've already been posted...


i've already used several of the swear words that have been posted here


Dantana, lately i've been really busy, but i promise that i'll do my best to type all the swear words and email them to you...

 

I used "Force-forsaken" as a relplacement for Sith in some swears. I figured that Skywalkers/Solos would not be so quick to use "Sith" as an insult/swear.

 

stang
vapin'
(by) Emperor's black bones
blast(ed)
blaster bolts
Sith spit
Sith spawn
Sith blood
bantha fodder
poodoo
shavit
droyk
krif / kriffing
shavit
hell
damn
sweet mother of a rancor
spast
son of a bantha
fragg
frakk
festering
(seven) sith hells
seven hells of Corellia
son of a Sith
bantha poop
nerf herder
all nine Corellian hells
fething
stupid fragger
gak
Force-forsaken


got around to typing up the list for you guys... yes, i have both seven hells of Corellia and all nine Corellia hells...i've seen both of them used, so i put them up...sorry if i confused anyone...

also, if a swear has paranthesis in it, it means that it can be used with or without the word(s) in the paranthesis

Dantana- i'll send it to you in a couple of seconds...

 

"The Sith were an ancient sect of evil, violent heretics. When was the last time you stubbed your toe and screamed, 'O, Gnostic!'?"

When was the last time you lived in a completely different galaxy?

 

Yesterday

 

I believe that somewhere in VotF a guy said " Vader ripped kuatchi hide"

 

In Balance Point Mara says "by all the star dragons ever spawned.." That's a phrase not a word, I know, so I'm not sure it counts, but I thought I'd post anyway.

Also, in VoTF, Wedge says, "What in the name of Ackbar's aunt..." A phrase, again, I know. Sorry.

 

LM- hiyas! anyways, phrases always work, so don't worry about it...


the updated list!


stang
vapin'
(by) Emperor's black bones
blast(ed)
blaster bolts
Sith spit
Sith spawn
Sith blood
bantha fodder
poodoo
shavit
droyk
krif / kriffing
shavit
hell
damn
sweet mother of a rancor
spast
son of a bantha
fragg
frakk
festering
(seven) sith hells
seven hells of Corellia
son of a Sith
bantha poop
nerf herder
all nine Corellian hells
fething
stupid fragger
gak
Force-forsaken
Vader ripped kuatchi hide
by all the star dragons ever spawned
What in the name of Ackbar's aunt


also, if a swear has paranthesis in it, it means that it can be used with or without the word(s) in the paranthesis


thank you everyone for contributing! please continue to contribute and help others out on the boards!

 

Mod comments: I guess if it's in the books, it's okay. But I do want to check a few things.

No, saying "Fruck" and "shet" don't fool anyone. They'll be treated as what they're replacing if I see them.

User comments:

Interesting that "fodder" in Huttese is used in the same tone in which we use a term for excrement. Could they even use the same word to describe both food and its detritus? And what does that say about the culture?

All swearing comes from cultural taboos. A lot of our curse words involve excremental functions (we have an atavistic loathing of this, which is probably hardwired since it's dangerous), or about sex. Some older religious words dealing with sin are still curses, but minor ones (hell, damn). What does that say about our culture? What would another culture consider totally taboo, and how would that create new curses?

I was the "Oh, gnostic!" person and I still hold by that. On the historical note, I wouldn't call someone who ticked me off a Nazi--I think that's as offensive as any bit of vulgarity out there. However, the complaint is more literary and obscure than that. The Sith were a kind of secret offshoot of the Jedi, and they are thought to be a thousand years extinct. A more reasonable comparison is to the gnostics, or the Eleusinians, or the Bacchae. Heck, even calling someone something more contemporary--Satanist or whatnot--would strike the ear as a bit odd. Let's 1000 years ago... weird sects... Flagellants? No, they were a bit later, black plague era. But when was the last time you heard someone drop a hammer on his foot and spit out, "Oh, flagellant blood!"

I doubt the general galaxy ever knew anything about the Sith. They probably thought there was a brief civil war among the Jedi, in which some went bad and the rest got them under control. It would sow some long-term mistrust of the Jedi for producing them, but I doubt that the exact nature of the Sith Reformation would be of interest to anyone other than scholars.

 

Galadriel -

What about

"You Philistine!"

That's pretty ancient or even

"You clumsy behemoth!"

They are two examples of references to obscure, extinct, ancient groups (for the first) and a beast (for the second) found in the English language.

Kithera