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Originally Posted by crich70
Yep, I agree some are. Tanj for example (if memory serves) means There Ain't No Justice. I believe Mr. Niven invented that one for his Ringworld books. It doesn't seem to have caught on much, at least I haven't seen any other writer using it. Might be that it was just too funny to be taken seriously, who knows.  |
I always liked Starbuck's use of
feltercarb in Battlestar Galactica. My daughter introduced me to
farknarkles. I remember back before most of you all were born seeing an interview with an actor who had just adopted a child and, to avoid using profanity around her, invented words to substitute for the bad ones. The one that stuck in what passes for my brain was
laughingsnarf.
I like to come up with "replacements" for choicer terms such as donkey excavation, sagacious donkey, punting posterior (I also like alliteration), donkey osculation, hurt in the donkey, Fullfilled Oedipal Complex (being a Psych major can be useful), male bovine biowaste, ka-ka countenanced, mute donkey, secured from beneath with a helical fastener, etc. A couple of times here on MR I've used the expression, "I don't give the north end of a southbound furry rodent." That garnered a few chuckles.