List of fictional curse words Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
Fictional curse words are profanities invented by authors of fiction, often science fiction.
- beep - from Larry Niven's Known Space stories; the beep used to censor profanity eventually turned into a swearword itself
- Belgium - from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: "The concept it embodies is so revolting that the publication or broadcast of the word is utterly forbidden in all parts of the galaxy except one, where they don't know what it means." The word first appeared in the radio series, and later replaced "fuck" in the censored American edition of the novel Life, the Universe and Everything.
- bippie - from Laugh-In; referring to the penis
- bowb - from Harry Harrison's Bill, the Galactic Hero series
- buck - from That Hideous Strength by C.S. Lewis
- censored - from Larry Niven's Known Space stories; like beep, the word used to censor profanity in written texts turned into a swearword itself
- cruk - in Doctor Who: The New Adventures spin-off novels; same meaning as "fuck" (Happy Endings by Paul Cornell claims it originally came from a mid-21st century kids' TV show, in which "crukked" meant "tired")
- drannit - from Farscape
- drek - originally from John Brunner's 1968 novel Stand on Zanzibar. Later used by Shadowrun; same meaning as "shit"
- dren - from Farscape; same meaning as "shit"
- drok - from 2000AD's Judge Dredd; used as a general expletive
- fahrbot - from Farscape; meaning insane or mentally deficient.
- felgercarb - from Battlestar Galactica (or feldercarb, feldergarb or felgergarb) (usage context appears to be similar to "bullshit")
- feth - from Dan Abnett's Gaunt's Ghosts novels, derivative of an ancient tree spirit. Multipurpose.
- frag - from Shadowrun, same meaning as "fuck"
- frak - from Battlestar Galactica (2003 miniseries seems to establish same meaning as "fuck")
- frak - Was also an early 1980's game on the BBC Micro. A caveman called 'Trogg' would utter this word in a speech bubble when "killed". Presumably same meaning as "fuck". Hacked versions of the game substituted "fuck".
- fraz - from David Feintuch's Seafort Saga
- frell - from Farscape; same meaning as "fuck"
- frelnik - from Farscape
- frinx - from ; probably has same meaning as "fuck"
- go seh - from Firefly; same meaning as "shit"
- goit - from Red Dwarf; same meaning as "git"
- gorram - from Firefly; same meaning as "goddamn"
- grapple - from Firefly; same meaning as the "fuck", as in sexual intercourse
- greebol - from Farscape; same meaning as "idiot"
- grife - from the Legion of Super Heroes comics. Used mainly as a substitute for religious imprecations, such as "God" or "Damn". Also used as a variant spelling for "grief" in the sense of "hard time".
- grud - from 2000AD's Judge Dredd A general expletive, probably a substitute for "God"
- Hezmana - from Farscape; same meaning as "Hell"
- Hippikaloric - from Ozma of Oz by Frank Baum - "which must be a dreadful word because we don't know what it means".
- humped - from Firefly; same meaning as "screwed"
- juju-flop - from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: "One whole juju-flop situation"
- kark - from Robert A. Heinlein's I Will Fear No Evil; same meaning as "fuck"
- khest - from John M. Ford's The Final Reflection; same meaning as "screw"
- klat - from James Bibby's Midworld series of books. Means fuck (as in both the expletive and the activity)
- krunk - from Late Night with Conan O'Brien. Multipurpose.
- loomas - from Farscape; same meaning as "tits"
- mivonks - from Farscape; same meaning as "testicles"
- mogadored - from Discworld; used as an occasional substitute for "buggered" (as in "Well, I'll be mogadored"), but apparently even stronger
- naff - from Porridge - said to be invented by Ronnie Barker, but also claimed to be an older term from Polari, a form of gay slang
- nass - from the Legion of Super Heroes comics. Used mainly as a subsitute for "shit", or sometimes "ass"
- shards - from Anne McCaffery's Dragonriders of Pern novels. Used as a substitute for "shit", but apparently refers to the shell of a broken dragon egg
- shazbot - from Mork and Mindy (Probably influenced by "shit")
- shock - from Marvel 2099 comics. Used mainly as a substitute for "fuck"
- slag - from Beast Wars. Most likely a substitute for "fuck". There are also real uses of the word slag, both legitimate and slang.
- slitch - from Robert Heinlein's novel Friday. A portmanteau of "slut" and "bitch," and used the same as its source words.
- smeg - from Red Dwarf, likely rooted in smegma, though the creators claim ignorance of that word.
- smurf and derivatives - from The Smurfs, can be used as pretty much any word, including swear words.
- sneck - from Strontium Dog comic in 2000AD, a universal expletive.
- sprock - from the Legion of Super Heroes comics. Used mainly as a substitute for "fuck"
- stomm - from 2000AD's Mega-City One, meaning "shit"
- swut - from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy; "I just want to be swutting well rescued"
- taff - from Thief, but possibly from earlier English ethnic slur "Taffy" or "Taff" for a Welshman (claimed to be thieves).
- tanj - from Larry Niven's Known Space books ("there ain't no justice")
- thoddo - from Farscape; same meaning as "idiot"
- tralk - from Farscape; same meaning as "slut". Usually describes females, but can be used against any gender.
- turlingdrome - from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- unprintable - from Isaac Asimov's Foundation and Empire
- whomp - from Recess the animated series; same meaning as "suck"
- yakoo - from Saturday Night Live; Chris Rock's alternative racist term for a white person, akin to "honkey"
- yotz - from Farscape; same meaning as "fucking Hell"
- zark - from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy; seems to have the same meaning as "fuck"; possibly a blasphemy on the Great Prophet Zarquon
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