Hey, all! So I decided to start a day early since I saw this pretty awesome post on Shooting Stars Mag blog The contest will run from today (Sunday) to Wednesday of this week. Winner will be announced on Friday.
The Contest: In THE NAUGHTY LIST my character has an affection for alternative swear words. Think it's easy to come up with them? Well good gravy, you'd be wrong! In the comment section leave an alternative swear word. Enter one word or phrase per comment but enter as many times as you'd like!
Prize: I only have one, but I really wish I could give more! Sorry! It's a signed ARC of THE NAUGHTY LIST--not out until February 2010. I'll mail it to your adorable self, I only ask that you please let me know what you think!!!
Judges: I'm going to have to let a third party decide this because I know some of you too well. And I don't want to play favorites. (Just kidding, I don't have favorites!) But either a friend or family member will pick their favorite alternative swear word.
Examples: Just a few to get you started: "Great Caesar's Ghost!" "Jiminy Crickets" "By Cleopatra's Crown!" "Good Gravy!"
Okay... YOUR TURN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
114 comments:
Hi--I'd love to have an ARC of THE NAUGHTY LIST--my alternative swear word is: OH, MY GAZOONGA...for Oh my G-d. Leaheps@verizon.net @Leaheps. Thanks!
Hmm..."For the love of unicorns!" =P
bball11kt@sbcglobal.net
ARC Contest!!!
Alternative swear word/phrase: Oi with the poodles, already!
(Do I get points for quoting Gilmore Girls?)
Oh foot!
Hahaha great contest! =) I'm entering!
My alternative swear word is "Oh My Edward!" xD
LOVE these comments so far!!!!
Holy MacIntosh!
Cheese and Rice!
Holy books!
faked_sugartone at hotmail
Cool contest!
*Holy bunches of oats!
*Calm your ball sac! [Oops, can i say that lol]and yes I say that to girls even though we don't have that hehe
-Eleni
lafemmereaders@yahoo.com
"Leaping Leopards!"
Hee hee this is fun!
taintedpoet@gmail.com
Merlin's beard!!!
LOL!!!! I am CRACKING UP over here!!!! You all are freaking awesome!!!
PS. and I think this means you'll like The Naughty List :-)
Or alternatively, MERLIN'S PANTS! (Yes, I read too much Harry Potter)
Sufferin' Succotash!
Holy Bananas Batman!!!
hee hee idk this IS hard!
vandsmedia@gmail.com
M-er F-er!
Poop!
Mother Mary, Jesus, and Joseph!
Fraggle Rock!
Fug it.
Kiss my keister!
Parcheesi and pickles!
Frick!
throuthehaze at gmail dot com
"Oh Santa's panties!"
please include me in the giveaway
one alernate swear word is Asshat
elaing8(at)netscape(dot)net
Hee hee. From Spongebob, "Ah, shrimp!"
another is Crud
elaing8(at)netscape(dot)net
Dagnabbit!
another-crap on toast(from a Kim Harrison book)
elaing8(at)netscape(dot)net
another is Frack!!
elaing8(at)netscape(dot)net
I love the concept of this book. I"m a teacher and I once had a student drop the F-bomb in class. I suggested as a consequence he come up with 100 other words he could have said in place of the one he chose. Needless to say I was rolling over laughing and hung it up in the classroom for the rest of the year.
I'm particular to the old skool - poppycock!
My favorite so far from the list, though is calm your balls sac.
I would love an ARC!!!
I like a simple 'futhermucker' for my alternative curse words. It packs a nice punch!
"For the love of Darwin's flipping finches!"
Awesome Contest!!
I Say OH, BOULDERDASH!!! LOL!!
KailaEscobales(at)aol(dot)com
xoxo
RagDollVampGirl
Another Funny One Is
SNOOOGINS!!!
KailaEscobales(at)aol(dot)com
xoxo
RagDollVampGirl
I use, "That bites the monkey!" quite often. If you want to get a stronger effect, you can use something like, "That bites the monkey in the big one!" or, "That bites the orangutan!"
I also use something I can't spell that my roommate told me was a cutesy Hindi form of the f-word.
My favorite that a friend uses is, "Son of a bench in hell!" to be honest, it's rather close to actually swearing, but it's made rather funny by the wrath with which she says it.
Yay! This is gonna be so fun!
For the love of blended banana brains.
lol. I'm having fun already
~Briana :D
thebookpixie(at)yahoo(dot)com
Zoinkers Zippity Zoo Za!
~Briana
thebookpixie(at)yahoo(dot)
Nut Knocking Neanderthals, Nero!
(Umm can I say that. lol. I think so.)
~Briana
thebookpixie(at)yahoo(dot)com
Pouncing Peeved Pixies Pandora!
Hahaha I had to sneak pixies in there. :P
~Briana
thebookpixie(at)yahoo(dot)com
Hmmm My word is cooga munga (I think thats how you would spell it) LOL. I'd love to win!
cnhand84 at yahoo dot com
"Gorram it!"
/Firefly nerdout
muffin ass is my personal favorite.
This is a great contest, sure made my morning.
How about, "aww, go fix yourself." This mainly works in a dog park and only if you're a dog or addressing a dog so...
My favorite from this list is definitely "Santa's Panties."
Hard to beat that one.
Dodge it all!
Holy Hasenfeffer!
Oh Knick Knack!
lovinfitch(at)aol(dot)com
For the love of squishy fish!
lovinfitch(at)aol(dot)com
Oh my apple sauce!
lovinfitch(at)aol(dot)com
Rum and hot dogs!
lovinfitch(at)aol(dot)com
Great contest!
One of my elderly friends has the best alternative swear phrase I've ever heard-
"Shoot fire, apple butter!"
I''ve got absolutely no idea what it's supposed to mean, but it sounds pretty awesome! :D
melanies--musings@live.com
My friends and I always said "po-po" for stupid because we did our warmups in choir to "po, po, po" and we hated it.
My favorite though is my mom's who when she would get annoyed at us as children, would call us little macaroni's. My brother when he got older made up his own food swears and often calls people "you rutabaga!" I use that one a lot and it's fun because everyone looks at you weird!:)
I use frizzlesticks a lot.
~Meredith F.
rosesaremyfavorite at hotmail dot com
My brother likes to use frippity. I don't know how he came up with it, but he has said it so much, that I am starting to say it now!
~Meredith F.
rosesaremyfavorite at hotmail dot com
Holy Snicker Knickers!
~Briana
thebookpixie(at)yahoo(dot)com
I have many-
Jeepers
Fug
Shiz
Crap on a Cornflake
zaser_jam at yahoo.com
Oh Sugar!
unforgetable_dreamer_always(at)hotmail.com
When I'm really angry I say "I'm so fudging mad!"
No need to enter me, I believe I'm getting a copy of this to give my thoughts on through your publisher, but I had to stop by and say THANK YOU for spreading the word about the carnival and linking your giveaway. I hope it's fun for everyone and enter the contests you want to enter as well (YES, this is for authors too!)
And I say Jiminy Crickets all the time. :)
-Lauren
Ooh, this is going to be fun...
"Frack!"
"Piss-in-a-bucket!"
"You idjut!"
I feel so naughty... :D
stephxsu at gmail dot com
My favorite (which I learned from my grandmother oddly enough) is "spitting weasels!" I have no idea why but it sounds funny anyway :-)
marielay@gmail.com
HOly shitzu!
Well, pumpkin pie! Stir me with a swizzle stick.
Let me start with some I call "Close Encounters": galosh dumb-it; what-the-eel; dumb-it-T-eel.
;-) They sound a little naughty.
Next are what I call allusions: Dante's Inferno!; fer Kris snakes; smolie hoax; Rappernasty.
;-( Not perfect, but I tried.
Finally some modern sillyness: twittering twitterfish; spank-a-hanky; and antsy pantsy.
:-) Well, I tried. Maybe I better think of some more.
My bff and I used to say "racka fracka" (and this was way before Kara Thrace used it!). I still say it now and then.
Haha! I'm loving reading everyone's posts here.
At work, a lot of us have mouths on us sometimes so we try to always watch them due to customers. Instead of saying SOB, I say, "Son of a biscut eater" and instead of holy bleepin' bleep, I say "Holy mother that is good"
Amber
sammyjones57(at)hotmail(dot)com
Oh! I forgot that one just about everyone says in my family that is "futhermucker"
Amber
By the pinky of Thor!
OK, I'm not that clever. Can I have the ARC anyway? :p
I say Cream Puff Banana Pie
fudge
poop on a stick
Megan
bookworm8675309@yahoo.com
I have a couple!
!. Holy Klingons! (Star Wars Race)
2. Freck!
3. My favorite got this one for Maggie Stiefvater Fluff it! LOL
4. Kiss my pancakes!
5. Gosh Darnit!
6. Holy Bejesus!
7. MutherSucker!
this is what my grandma use to say:
"son of a sea horse"
that was the funniest
redleocat at yahoo com
umm..
"bull hockey" lol
fittle sticks
mother-freaker
o fudge
plunk
o my dog
What the CrabCakes? lol
Holy Shibblets
Gobb Dash it
Ice hole
Sunny Beach
Effin
craptastic (favorite 1)
this was really fun.
redleocat at yahoo com
My sister has a cool one.
"OH SWEET CRAMINY CHIM-CHIMS!"
I have no clue what that means, but it's catchy =D
I also often burst out yelling "Oh Muckity Muck" around the younguns.
Fork you! [my manager says that all the time lol..i know what a lovely work environment]
-Eleni
lafemmereaders@yahoo.com
Rats' Eggs!
Holy Smokestacks!
Man Oh Day!
Great Gatsby!
Jumpin' Gophers!
I've got to stick with my early entry:
"Ah, plumber's crack."
But how about for naming calling purposes:
"You're such a Lincoln Log."
this is fun!
alternate swear word/phrase:
"fudge brownies with rice!"
yeah gross but that slipped out once when i was babysitting and eating rice hahahaha now i can't stop saying it. i say fudge brownies by itself most of the time though instead of the f word.
I'd love an ARC of the NAUGHTY LIST!
My alternative swear word/phrase:
"Butt-faced miscreant!"
(Stealing from Gilmore Girls. Does that count?)
Another alternative swear word that I use a lot is "Oy vey!"
Seriously, these are the most awesome comments I've ever seen!!!!!!!! I love them!
I might need three judges to decide, because this is going to be a really hard decision!!!
The immortal Homer Simpson said,
"Help me Jeebus, help me."
What the snapple facts!?
lovinfitch(at)aol(dot)com
For the love of wrinkly grandpas!
lovinfitch(at)aol(dot)com
Golloping grasshopper!
book.splotATgmailDOTcom
and Holy Super Troopers :D
(For someone who doesn't swear I have sadly too few ideas here.)
book.splotATgmailDOTcom
Sweet Moses!
Oh, the Popes on a rollercoaster!
Madres Truckers!
Frickety Frak Flakes!
(this is too much fun :D!!)
Balls of FIRE!
And, in true Sean Connery fashion...
Buck futter.
- What in the name of pants?!
- Holy Guacamole!
- Holy Jeez (or Cheez)!
- Oh Muffins!
- Corn muffins!
- Fragging (or holy) duck!
paradoxrevealed (at) aim (dot) com
I forgot one:
- HOLY FEET!!!
paradoxrevealed (at) aim (dot) com
Schnicklefritz is another great curse word / insult.
The most popular one right now in Twitterspace: "Oh, my #squarespace!"
flipping . . .
examples:
that was flipping awesome
she is so flipping mad
he's flipping insane
and, i really want to win this flipping amazing contest!
A favorite around here is 'what the dickens' and I happened to pick up the yelling of the word 'Austen!' when homework got difficult in college.
I loved reading all these!
Thatwemightfly at gmail dot com
Instead of saying something pi*ses you off, how about "that just really burns my toast."
vkwright at hotmail dot com
I love the cover and would share mu opinion.
silverhartgirl at gmail.com
%$#&!* (I stole it from a cartoonist when he wasn't looking.)
My personal favorite is "PHUKET Thailand!" Love it. I hope it doesn't offend any Thai people:)
sarahwithachance at gmail
Ooh, and "Oh Sparkles!" It's very hardcore.
"Judas Priest!" (my grandma used to exclaim that)
My husband says,
"Son of a businessman!"
My favorite alternative cuss words are the french ones my Acadian grandmother uses like:
- Merde!
- Caliss!
or the worst of the bunch
- Putain Bordel de Merde!
shiloki[at]gmail[dot]com
My alternative swear word/phrase is "bug in the cheap house" as in don't be such a bug in the cheap house (haha out of the mind of a 12 year old and 3 year old)
also Nigamaki say wha!?! (its a Japanese dish and quite tasty ahaha)
Tegan (blueeyedangel407@aol.com)
Kiss my Wasabi!
lovinfitch(at)aol(dot)com
HOLY CHEEZ ITS!!
A LOT OF PEOPLE ENTERED THIS SUZANNE, IMPRESSIVE I MUST SAY ;D
One that my friends and I use is "fishing". As in "That's fishing insane!"
Another is "bubble". It applies to anything: "Bubble you."
One of my faves is "Dangflammit!" or "Dangflangit!"
Oooh, another one! Basket, as in
"You basket!"
Dang - I think I'm too late, but in our house we like to do a self-censoring thing. For example:
sh*bleep*t (must say the bleep part in a high pitch as the censors do on TV)
There is also a town near me called Fox Creek. Some people have been known to say "Oh for Fox Creek." Say it aloud - you'll see. :)
I almost always use "Flipper" instead of you know! LOL!
lilibethramos@live.com
"Snake Apple" when trying to insult someone!
lilibethramos@live.com
"Son of a dead puppy", (is it okay that I quoted from Once Dead, Twice Shy?...Lol)
lilibethramos@live.com
Also..."Holy Cripes!"
lilibethramos@live.com
WOW! Suzanne,
What an amazing response to your contest here! (And there's some really funny ones - spitting weasels was very original!
congrats on cracking the contest code!!!
namaste,
Lee
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