Sci-fi swear words?

[Suleyman Rashid]

Niven's kzinti use "sthondhat" as an interpersonal curse, and certainly take it as an insult when they are called one.

"Hey, Chuft-Captain... what sthondhat was your sister?"

[Killer Shrike]

"Droog", "Ultra-V" from Clockwork Orange (Not really swear words, I guess)

Droog is actually a phoenetic pronunciation of the russian word for friend/comrade, IIRC

[Killer Shrike]

True, one of my favorites from the military is SNAFU and FUBAR - oddly enough both were businesses in the same shopping center when I was growing up...


Situation Normal All F'd Up
F'd Up Beyond All Recognition

Now go get me some batteries for the Chem Light

And 500 yards of flight line, and go ask Gunny if he can find a PRC-E7

[keithcurtis]

Droog is actually a phoenetic pronunciation of the russian word for friend/comrade, IIRC

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Keith "me droogy-woog" Curtis

[Major Tom]

I found one curse word in the rulebook for the Rebellion mecha miniatures
game (which is based on the Starsiege computer game): "glitches". This
word is used in the same sort of context that the term "toasters" is used in the
new Battlestar Galactica. It's appropriate in a creepy sort of way, since
Starsieges basic premise is that the human race is fighting for its survival
against the "descendants" of robotic war machines they created. Even the name
of the mechanical enemy is close to that of BSG's -- Cybrids.


Major Tom