Been trying out "dag nabbit!" recently as an exclamation, just working it back into the rotation a little. Adding a little Yosemite Sam to the day when things are tough. A touch of disappointed Sam Elliott during trying times. I recommend it.
Been trying out "dag nabbit!" recently as an exclamation, just working it back into the rotation a little. Adding a little Yosemite Sam to the day when things are tough. A touch of disappointed Sam Elliott during trying times. I recommend it.
I’m trying valiantly to single-handedly resuscitate the ‘80sism “Fuck a duck,” personally
when I'm extremely vexed, i use "fuck a tub of rubber ducks"
So borrowing this
Well, cheese and rice.
Galdurnit
Good one. Maybe throw in a “confound it!” once in a while.
Mine all purpose disillusionment roll model
I LOVE BETH
Consarnit!
Confoundit!
Dadgummit!
I live in redneck land so that exclamation kind of irritates me. But now that you mention Yosemite Sam and Sam Elliot it does ease the edges.
I regularly use dagnabbit. In 1998, a young lady exclaimed "Dagnabbit!" when she learned I drove 75 miles to work. I had never heard the term outside of cartoons. I've been using it ever since
Love it!
I once ruined a friend’s student film after being told to emote the 5th or 6th time, I yelled “dag nabbit” and “consarnit” and going on about a rabbit while jumping up and down in an imaginary hat. I was, and rightfully so, cut from the final film.
*on an imaginary hat
My go to when curses are called for
I'm sticking with "rassa frassa frassa" myself.
Rassenfrassengrumblesmurf has served me well for decades.
These days, gadzooks has been in occasional rotation.
No talking like a grizzled, 1890s prospector, consarn it.
Hey, when is talk like a pirate day I tend to miss it each year?
9/19, I always miss that day too. We need a Talk like a Looney Tunes Character Day though, I love me a random "What's up, Doc"! Maybe use Mel Blanc's birthday, 5/30th?
Love me some Foghorn Leghorn. "I say, I say listen up, boy."
It’s a joke, son. I say. A joke.
😆
Can't hear Froghorn Leghorn without thinking of Senator Kennedy from LA, pretty sure he lifted his whole ass persona from that character.
I say, I say, I think you're right!
Can you "dad gummit", as well, or is it too soon?
This was my dad’s go to swear when I was growing up. 😁
still stuck on fvk
I'm trying to bring back "Geez Louise". Not much success so far.
My husband used to say that a lot when we first met. It’s petered off, though.
i was using "ah beans" for a while but everyone I know got visibly angry when I said it, no idea why
I'm more of a "gadzooks" guy, myself.
I always liked what the Sundance Kid said when they blew up the payroll train. “Think you used enough dynamite there, Butch?” It is an all purpose observation when things go sideways.
Fother mucking bun of a sitch is my go-to if I need to yelp something in public.
The daggest of nabbits
I have been known to throw out a Boomhauer-esque “gol dang” from time to time.
I curse in "manner" of Yosemite Sam as Loony Tunes was my baby sitter but my language is Veteran Sailor. "God damn cocksucking motherfucking son of a bitch" is my go to for any exasperating commonplace stimulus. "God damn cocksucking motherfucking son of a bitch"--try it, it's cathartic.
what in the heck-o-reeno, crim-a-netly.
I was a second career teacher and I had to substitute for my usual foul mouth. “Dag nabbit” was part of my lexicon. Also, a super sarcastic “well gosh golly.”
😁👏
As long as your coworkers know that you really mean ‘mothafuuuuck’
have been using it since a kid. usually in reference to the Mets. happy to know it's getting some play!!!
it's a good one, man. i have entirely too many folksy turns of phrase for someone who lives in a west coast city but i'm into it "fuck" is just a sentence enhancer, you can tell i'm actually upset when the "oh gosh" and "dagnabbit" starts coming out
I regularly use “curses!” like I’m Dirk Dastardly or something.
May I also recommend “aw, jiminy crickets!”
Con Sarnit
I’ve said it for years. Tis a good one.
Shut the front door Son of a motherless goat Two of my favs
Con sarn it, do it, ya thievin' varmint!
pairs nicely with "dad gummit!"
Just today I tried out dagnabbit.
Its close cousin “daggum” is underrated.
I find tremendous pleasure in dropping "daggum" when my preferred "cock-sucking-motherfucker" is too spicy for the room
It won't feel or sound natural until you accept and use it as one word.
That was one of my dad's go-to frustrated words. Others he employed regularly: dad gummit and judas priest
I've been known to devolve into authentic frontier gibberish on occasion. I may or may not have called my supervisor a "Crigger Croker" at one point.
Jiminy Frikkin Christmas and my own creation in front of the kids: MOTHERPOOPER
My boss exclaims “god…BLESS America” a lot. It’s always funny because he also swears like a sailor, which he kind of is.
Consarn it.🫡
Try "ninnyhammer" as well. It's a great insult because whoever you call that will be stuck trying to figure it out.
suffering succotash!!
Also Walter Brennan. He really had fun with it.
*sam elliott approving grumble noises*
There’s a snake in my boot!
I'm looking for opportunities to drop my best Robert Mitchum from "Out Of The Past"... "Baby, I don't care"... I'm desperate to drop it on anyone... you don't even have to be a femme fatale
I'm a fan of Rootinest Tootinest myself.
Cussing was frowned upon at work but everybody knew what I meant. Persnickety Confound it Heavens to Murgatroyd Rasum Frasum Cripes
are you rootin' tootin' too?
Of course. Only west of the Pecos though.
A little under dog when the day needs saved.
sometimes it's followed by "I've been hornswoggled"
Boy howdy and hooboy serve this purpose for me
I'm a "good golly and all things jolly!" sort of fella.
Miss Molly!
Any “gull durn”?
My grandpa always said that, when really pissed, it was 'Hell and Tarnation!!'
You might also consider replying to those who ask, "How are you?" by saying.... "I'm finer than snuff and not near as dusty." OR... "I'm as straight as a string with a crown in it."
the most interesting exclamation to me is “man alive!” I really want to know the etymology of that one
Never stopped
What in the tarnation?!?
Sherman T. Potter
Colonel Potter, drunk, singing, "I love to go swimming with bowlegged women...". And shooting his jeep.
Came here to say him too!😁
As much as I like a good dagnabit, but hard to beat a well-executed "Tartar sauce!"
Dammit Gym And Dangit are fixin to be rollin off my lips in the next lip whipping I deliver.
I’ve been using “good golly,” and “great googly moogly.” The Gs make it feel good.
I've been saying "Jeesum Crow!" for a while now, for a similar effect.
What in tarnation?
Your biscuits are burnin'!
Try rootin tootin
Sufferin’ succotash!
You’re darn tootin’!
Are they all Sam-based or open to other sources?
How about some Foghorn Leghorn? (Only I can’t recall exactly what he would say, mainly a stammering mess on consternation)
“Boy! I say Boy!” Its been a while…
😁
What in tarnation? Fiddlesticks!
Hootenanny or shindig
My go to is "Fudge Monkeys". Occasionally I'll spring for "Pshaw and Horsefeathers" with a very clearly enunciated "p" at the beginning.
LOVE ❤️ IT
My grandmother used to say "Hell's bells!" Closest she ever got to cursing in her life.
Give Jimminy Cricket for a whirl
I’ve used it for decades, copying a friend who didn’t like to swear. Enjoy! (Although “Biscuits” from “Bluey” is my current fave.)
Dad gonnit!
Love ‘Dag nabbit’…
You've given up on "HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!"?
I like it!
My spirit animal - youtu.be/PPlx62IK9kg?...
Great horny toads!
Jee willikers!
Well, heavens to murgatroid, Tim!
Would love to see "What in tarnation?" make a comeback.
Sometimes I'll bust out a Perry White style "Great Caesar's Ghost!"
I accidentally discovered "Manitoba" as a satisfying utterance years ago and still get good mileage out of it
You're going to need a hat to use "dag nabbit"
I’ve generally been reverting to Monty Python: “Oooooohhh, *intercourse* the penguin!”
Jehoshaphat!
Dag nabbit is just exactly perfect.
Scientifically proven to be not near as satisfying. youtu.be/pp5hNhHp3Ew?...
the occasional“confound it all” can keep things moving
I'm a fan of Holy Potatoes!
Seriously though, having Silent Gen elders, it's really hard to shake some of their vernacular. Like the word vernacular.
One of my faves
Cool, I added "Golly" a few years ago to up my grandpa game.
Was Yosemite Sam, the tiny gun goblin with the emotional range of a lit stick of dynamite, out here peddling racist terminologies like “cotton-pickin’?” Is Yosemite Sam cooking up meth and white supremacy in the Acme labs? We’ll be right back.
What in tarnation
Judd Kresbeckler approves.
Tarnation!
Been using it for years, because in my line of work, "For fuck's sake!" lands like a tactical nuke. Works a charm. I also have worked in "For Heaven's sake" as well.
I also like a good “tarnation!”
I say "I reckon" a lot, which is perfectly normal in UK English but when you say it to an American you suddenly sound like an old timey cowboy doctor to them
Don't help much that I'm inevitably prescribing whiskey, if I am to be quite frank with you good people
It’s not your somebody, Sam, but I’ve developed the fondness for “great Scot!”
Try working “gall durn” into the mix. Learned that one from Home Alone 2
ya big galoot!
Has the Lord ever reward anyone for not taking his name in vain, though?
I recommend nincompoop as well as sticky-wicket.
Well I swan.
I trail off into nonsense like Lisa Simpson. "Every time I tell a story they show up to rrghfm mrfgrm..."
Fiddle Sticks!
when i try i just go straight to hank hill :/
Highly recommend. I smash the syllables together no space. Need that after periods.
"Consarnit" is also a good exclamation.
"WHAT IN TARNATION!!"
Love that! My go to is Shoot instead of s%#t. I made it my rule not to cuss in front of my kids and now I’m all G/PG even at work.
I've been exclaiming "Carruthers!" for no reason I can recollect.
👍
Jumping Jehoshaphat!
My father’s go to curse.
You talked me into it.
I'm a fan of "Oh my stars and garters", for a little British flare.
Yikes and Zoinks
"Dad burnit" per Hoss Cartwright, Bonanza
I’ve started saying the word “Bastard” in a northern English accent. Very satisfying. If you want to hear what that sounds like: watch Game of Thrones, fast forward until the weather looks grim, and wait for at most 3 minutes.
That's so fetch
Dagnabit has long been an expression I use instead of cussing in my classroom. The first time I said it around my four-year-old grandson he said, “Nana, you shouldn’t talk like that that’s bad!”
I love dag nabbit, use it all the time lol. Also just a good ol' "dang." (But also in my middle age the f bomb has entered my vocabulary much more frequently)
Consarnit > Dagnabbit
Suffering succotash!
You have to do the 1920's style movements too - little stamps, hands flexing together with closed fists, throwing your hat on the floor and stamping on it. I spent an entire day at a gate at festival and all my volunteers were experts at this by the end...
My friend routinely responds to "how are you?" With "tip top, couldn't be better!"
Do you really to go full Gabby Hayes? media1.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2l...
Have it your way, dude
What's all this hootin n' hollerin about.
I've always used for especially exasperating situations. Sometimes the standard swear words just aren't strong enought and all you've got left is irony.
I do actually say this. Sprinkled with just "Goddammit"
.....OOOOOOHHHHHHH I hate that %^$*((( Rabbit
I mix in a good "DAM-nation" every once in a while. Would recommend it.
Big fan of “Great Gravy!” Over here
Do you yell it every time reality out Onions the Onion? You guys should become a legitimate serious news service as reality is beyond satire.
I have lollygagged at a restaurant around the corner called Dilly Dally.
"Sugarrrrr...." Double-Dutch bus style works
I’d recommend the Bill Withers variation of “daggumit”
THIS is the content I’m here for.
I - just can’t….
“Have it your way, dude.”
I say I say what in tarnation!
I'm trying "groovy"...it has a cheerier ring to it. And I need all the cheer I can get. 😒
Good one. Maybe a little Walter Brennan from Rio Bravo.
I’m more of an “oofa doofa” kind of man
CONSORT IT IF THAT’S OUR LOT, WELL, LET’S PROCEED IN THAT GENERAL DIRECTION
I still use dag nabbit from time to time but I’m kind a partial to “dad gummit!” Probably safe to say they’re interchangeable.
2020: "President Trump Can't Pronounce 'Yosemite' | NowThis" youtu.be/M4B0GHQWRAo?... youtu.be/Vf4hFCQnrSI?...
Stop trying to make “Tangerific” happen, Bugs. It’s not going to happen.
Wow, I totally forgot about Tang 😂
My father used to say "ding dong!" as a way to avoid cussing in front of the kids, but it always sounded like cussing anyway. "Ding DONG!!!" I'm continuing the tradition.
Sometimes I just say "Ding Fucking DONG!!" Covers a lot of bases.
I used "Jesus H. Christ on a cracker!" today.
Been using 'Jumping Jesus on a pogo stick' for over 35 years thanks to the Dead Milkmen's "Stuart".
My dad was in the Navy during World War II, and while he was a religious man, he did have an impressive array of profanity when he chose to use it. My favorite: "Last time I saw him he was hanging off the fantail with a broomstick up his ass hollering 'Minesweeper!'" I have no idea what it means.
Other faves: "He didn't know whether to shit or wind his wristwatch" and "He was busier than a one-legged man in an ass-kicking contest."
My dad used '... didn't know whether to shit or go blind.' Still in my toolbelt to this day.
I've definitely heard that last one before.
"Dagnabbit," "curses," "a pox be upon you," "you have forgotten the face of your father." there are countless ways to spice up expressing your disappointment in someone!
I try to throw in a bit of Sylvester or whatever the hell Muttley was saying to Dick Dastardly.
Oh, I’m a keen user of “dag nabbit.” It really rolls off the tongue. “Dad gummit” is quite nice, too.
They’re all a bunch of varmints, anyway.
Can we get a Yaba Daba Doo?
cool beans
What in tarnation!?
Rassa-frassin.
I actually say that once in a while, oddly enough.
Sounds good
Okay. Whilst reading the news: "Typical couchfuckers!" *said in the Yosemite Sam voice*
I've been saying that since Saturday morning cartoons were a thing! You can't steal that from me!
I use dagnabbit frequently. Good choice
My Granddaughter has started saying "dang nabbit" which she got of "The Loud House" cartoon on youtube... and gang nabbit she's got me doing it as well. Which to be fair is better than me going "f**ks sake" as the alternative.
Always liked Bugs - "what a maroon!"
As someone who already uses "dag nabbit!" I've been trying to add "consarn it" into my vocab. 😆
Dadgummit is a favourite of mine
What in tarnation is solid too
A touch of Toy Story Jessie for those barely-thwarted moments
buying stock in Varmint
I started saying this when I had kids and it stuck, lol. It's good for a lot but doesn't cover times when you need the real cusswords, I found
Good gravy!
Gol sarnit!
I was talking with @golikehellmachine.com about how the more the rightwingers curse in their political speeches the more minced my own oaths become. goodness gracious!
Whoopsie daisy is also a real charmer
It works.