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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social

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.

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Kenosha Kid @matthewmarnold.bsky.social

I’m trying valiantly to single-handedly resuscitate the ‘80sism “Fuck a duck,” personally

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stigs @stigs.bsky.social

when I'm extremely vexed, i use "fuck a tub of rubber ducks"

apr 29, 2025, 9:32 pm • 1 0 • view
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Kenosha Kid @matthewmarnold.bsky.social

So borrowing this

apr 29, 2025, 11:39 pm • 1 0 • view
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Doug @earthshattering.bsky.social

Well, cheese and rice.

apr 29, 2025, 6:50 pm • 1 0 • view
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Guy @e-warren.bsky.social

Galdurnit

apr 30, 2025, 1:05 am • 0 0 • view
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sharonleetee.bsky.social @sharonleetee.bsky.social

Good one. Maybe throw in a “confound it!” once in a while.

apr 30, 2025, 4:50 am • 0 0 • view
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Deirdre Assenza @deirdreassenza.bsky.social

Mine all purpose disillusionment roll model

apr 29, 2025, 6:58 pm • 7 0 • view
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ListenToTheEpsteinVictims @jos1463.bsky.social

I LOVE BETH

apr 29, 2025, 7:09 pm • 2 0 • view
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RickyFTW @rickyftw.bsky.social

Consarnit!

apr 29, 2025, 6:26 pm • 22 0 • view
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DirkNiblick @spolem.net

Confoundit!

apr 29, 2025, 7:43 pm • 4 0 • view
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Casual Observer @heatedhoodie.bsky.social

Dadgummit!

apr 30, 2025, 2:13 am • 2 0 • view
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keithhouser6.bsky.social @keithhouser6.bsky.social

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.

apr 29, 2025, 8:20 pm • 0 0 • view
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Scott Brewster @scottbrewster.bsky.social

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

apr 29, 2025, 8:12 pm • 1 0 • view
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gmamimi.bsky.social @gmamimi.bsky.social

Love it!

apr 30, 2025, 12:37 am • 1 0 • view
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Hank Scorpio III @hankscorpio.bsky.social

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.

apr 29, 2025, 8:11 pm • 1 0 • view
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Hank Scorpio III @hankscorpio.bsky.social

*on an imaginary hat

apr 29, 2025, 8:12 pm • 0 0 • view
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David Christianson @dpchristianson.bsky.social

My go to when curses are called for

apr 29, 2025, 6:17 pm • 2 0 • view
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Xopher Halftongue RESISTS! (86 47) @halftongue.bsky.social

I'm sticking with "rassa frassa frassa" myself.

apr 29, 2025, 7:03 pm • 2 0 • view
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Holzman-Tweed (he-suite) @holzman-tweed.bsky.social

Rassenfrassengrumblesmurf has served me well for decades.

apr 29, 2025, 11:21 pm • 1 0 • view
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davecraig1.bsky.social @davecraig1.bsky.social

These days, gadzooks has been in occasional rotation.

apr 29, 2025, 9:41 pm • 3 0 • view
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Eyes on the Right @eyesontheright.bsky.social

No talking like a grizzled, 1890s prospector, consarn it.

apr 29, 2025, 6:29 pm • 10 0 • view
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DocLT @doclt.bsky.social

Hey, when is talk like a pirate day I tend to miss it each year?

apr 29, 2025, 6:30 pm • 5 0 • view
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quilty420.bsky.social @quilty420.bsky.social

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?

apr 29, 2025, 6:44 pm • 7 0 • view
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Suzy Snark #VOTEBLUENC💦💙No🚫DMs!❤️MyVegGarden☆420●Foodie#PINKS @jinxi-deux.bsky.social

Love me some Foghorn Leghorn. "I say, I say listen up, boy."

apr 29, 2025, 7:13 pm • 6 0 • view
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gardengremlin.bsky.social @gardengremlin.bsky.social

It’s a joke, son. I say. A joke.

apr 29, 2025, 10:27 pm • 5 0 • view
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Suzy Snark #VOTEBLUENC💦💙No🚫DMs!❤️MyVegGarden☆420●Foodie#PINKS @jinxi-deux.bsky.social

😆

apr 29, 2025, 10:32 pm • 1 0 • view
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quilty420.bsky.social @quilty420.bsky.social

Can't hear Froghorn Leghorn without thinking of Senator Kennedy from LA, pretty sure he lifted his whole ass persona from that character.

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Suzy Snark #VOTEBLUENC💦💙No🚫DMs!❤️MyVegGarden☆420●Foodie#PINKS @jinxi-deux.bsky.social

I say, I say, I think you're right!

apr 30, 2025, 12:28 am • 3 0 • view
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Lincoln Democracy 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇺🇦 @stef47.bsky.social

Sam-I-am and you’d best not serve me green eggs…

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Frank J. Kadel, D.O. FACOS @getfitnbelean.bsky.social

Can you "dad gummit", as well, or is it too soon?

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Karsten Brown @karsten.bsky.social

Homer Simpson, off-camera, says
apr 29, 2025, 6:27 pm • 4 0 • view
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Molipley @molipley.bsky.social

This was my dad’s go to swear when I was growing up. 😁

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Beesinmybrain @beesinmybrain.bsky.social

still stuck on fvk

apr 29, 2025, 9:00 pm • 0 0 • view
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Zoyx ☑️ @zoyx.bsky.social

I'm trying to bring back "Geez Louise". Not much success so far.

apr 29, 2025, 6:16 pm • 1 0 • view
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Unchecked Arts @uncheckedarts.bsky.social

My husband used to say that a lot when we first met. It’s petered off, though.

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Vyvyan Basterd @vyvyanbasterd.bsky.social

i was using "ah beans" for a while but everyone I know got visibly angry when I said it, no idea why

apr 29, 2025, 6:18 pm • 1 0 • view
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Relaxin' Jackson @abearmadeofbees.bsky.social

I'm more of a "gadzooks" guy, myself.

apr 29, 2025, 6:18 pm • 1 0 • view
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@Crowebarre @davidcrowe.bsky.social

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.

apr 29, 2025, 7:59 pm • 0 0 • view
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Gemma @gemma-babbler.com

Fother mucking bun of a sitch is my go-to if I need to yelp something in public.

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Rotanen ♾️ @rotanen.bsky.social

The daggest of nabbits

apr 29, 2025, 6:30 pm • 0 0 • view
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4track all-star @jayreynoldssax.bsky.social

I have been known to throw out a Boomhauer-esque “gol dang” from time to time.

apr 29, 2025, 6:15 pm • 3 0 • view
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theclevermonkey.bsky.social @theclevermonkey.bsky.social

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.

apr 29, 2025, 8:45 pm • 0 0 • view
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debra raab 🐇 @rayvnn.bsky.social

what in the heck-o-reeno, crim-a-netly.

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Bev Brandt @bevbrandt.bsky.social

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.”

apr 29, 2025, 6:16 pm • 0 0 • view
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L'Ood 🏜️ @lmc55g95.bsky.social

😁👏

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the only mikewilson in australia @mikewilsoninoz.bsky.social

As long as your coworkers know that you really mean ‘mothafuuuuck’

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@DarthChipper @darthchipper.bsky.social

have been using it since a kid. usually in reference to the Mets. happy to know it's getting some play!!!

apr 29, 2025, 9:01 pm • 0 0 • view
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William Butler Yeets @yeets.biz

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

apr 29, 2025, 6:16 pm • 2 0 • view
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theronbenson @theronbenson.bsky.social

I regularly use “curses!” like I’m Dirk Dastardly or something.

apr 29, 2025, 6:44 pm • 3 0 • view
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Ian Miles Schlong @tedcruznipples.com

May I also recommend “aw, jiminy crickets!”

apr 29, 2025, 6:14 pm • 5 0 • view
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SaysBen @saysben.bsky.social

Con Sarnit

apr 29, 2025, 6:12 pm • 9 0 • view
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❡υᚢ₦ą—ⓩ🩵🇺🇸🇮🇸 @gunna-z.bsky.social

I’ve said it for years. Tis a good one.

apr 29, 2025, 6:13 pm • 0 0 • view
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Ecogrrl @ecogrrl.bsky.social

Shut the front door Son of a motherless goat Two of my favs

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Joseph Miller @yosef52.bsky.social

Con sarn it, do it, ya thievin' varmint!

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boris karloff @karloffsghost.bsky.social

pairs nicely with "dad gummit!"

apr 29, 2025, 6:12 pm • 9 0 • view
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endsoftheearth.bsky.social @endsoftheearth.bsky.social

Just today I tried out dagnabbit.

apr 30, 2025, 6:39 am • 1 0 • view
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Brent Butler @brentbutler.com

Its close cousin “daggum” is underrated.

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M @mikeschmike.bsky.social

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anf-ingdelight.bsky.social @anf-ingdelight.bsky.social

I find tremendous pleasure in dropping "daggum" when my preferred "cock-sucking-motherfucker" is too spicy for the room

apr 29, 2025, 7:01 pm • 2 0 • view
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knightly garb @gambeson.bsky.social

It won't feel or sound natural until you accept and use it as one word.

apr 29, 2025, 6:29 pm • 0 0 • view
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darsea44 @dgmcase.bsky.social

That was one of my dad's go-to frustrated words. Others he employed regularly: dad gummit and judas priest

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Queen of Marz @antimattermorrigan.bsky.social

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.

apr 29, 2025, 6:28 pm • 0 0 • view
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manta8ray @manta8ray.bsky.social

Jiminy Frikkin Christmas and my own creation in front of the kids: MOTHERPOOPER

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Zac Bentz @zacbentz.com

My boss exclaims “god…BLESS America” a lot. It’s always funny because he also swears like a sailor, which he kind of is.

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grant2c.bsky.social @grant2c.bsky.social

Consarn it.🫡

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Lola Gayle @lolagaylec.bsky.social

Try "ninnyhammer" as well. It's a great insult because whoever you call that will be stuck trying to figure it out.

apr 29, 2025, 6:42 pm • 1 0 • view
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Ben Wheeler @bentwhee.bsky.social

suffering succotash!!

apr 29, 2025, 7:26 pm • 2 0 • view
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Casssandra with 3 SSSs @casssandra.bsky.social

Also Walter Brennan. He really had fun with it.

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James Swift @swift.casa

*sam elliott approving grumble noises*

apr 29, 2025, 6:23 pm • 1 0 • view
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Weirdo In Residence @long-sigh-studios.bsky.social

There’s a snake in my boot!

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Makini @fledg.bsky.social

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

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flash739.bsky.social @flash739.bsky.social

I'm a fan of Rootinest Tootinest myself.

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leajacobsen.bsky.social @leajacobsen.bsky.social

Cussing was frowned upon at work but everybody knew what I meant. Persnickety Confound it Heavens to Murgatroyd Rasum Frasum Cripes

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Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com

are you rootin' tootin' too?

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Randy @mdrandy-1988.bsky.social

Of course. Only west of the Pecos though.

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Radical Left Lunatic @americagotitwrong.bsky.social

A little under dog when the day needs saved.

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Tom Miller @thomasamiller.bsky.social

sometimes it's followed by "I've been hornswoggled"

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Lori Lou Freshwater @lorifreshwater.bsky.social

Boy howdy and hooboy serve this purpose for me

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Okay Comrade @handle.invalid

I'm a "good golly and all things jolly!" sort of fella.

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Lori Lou Freshwater @lorifreshwater.bsky.social

Miss Molly!

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@The Real Crustocrates @crustocrates.bsky.social

Any “gull durn”?

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Starry Nite @starrynitedsgn.bsky.social

My grandpa always said that, when really pissed, it was 'Hell and Tarnation!!'

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Kevin Troope @troopek.bsky.social

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."

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sea scout @seascout.bsky.social

the most interesting exclamation to me is “man alive!” I really want to know the etymology of that one

apr 29, 2025, 6:36 pm • 4 0 • view
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perkyp54.bsky.social @perkyp54.bsky.social

Never stopped

apr 29, 2025, 6:18 pm • 3 0 • view
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Jim in Ohio @jiminohio.bsky.social

What in the tarnation?!?

apr 29, 2025, 6:34 pm • 2 0 • view
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Padraig2112 @isomorphism.net

Sherman T. Potter

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Padraig2112 @isomorphism.net

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Padraig2112 @isomorphism.net

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Padraig2112 @isomorphism.net

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Suzy Snark #VOTEBLUENC💦💙No🚫DMs!❤️MyVegGarden☆420●Foodie#PINKS @jinxi-deux.bsky.social

Colonel Potter, drunk, singing, "I love to go swimming with bowlegged women...". And shooting his jeep.

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ELoRa @sniggole.bsky.social

Came here to say him too!😁

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John Mullinax @johnmullinax.bsky.social

As much as I like a good dagnabit, but hard to beat a well-executed "Tartar sauce!"

apr 29, 2025, 6:21 pm • 0 0 • view
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Lynnie @lynnie3.bsky.social

Dammit Gym And Dangit are fixin to be rollin off my lips in the next lip whipping I deliver.

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Jess Lid Key @jessliedke.bsky.social

I’ve been using “good golly,” and “great googly moogly.” The Gs make it feel good.

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Hamiltwan @hamiltwan.bsky.social

I've been saying "Jeesum Crow!" for a while now, for a similar effect.

apr 29, 2025, 6:13 pm • 2 0 • view
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amdiamanti @amdiamanti.bsky.social

Linda Belcher cursing goals

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Bardra @bardra.bsky.social

What in tarnation?

apr 29, 2025, 7:09 pm • 1 0 • view
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Dilettante Potato @taterpie.bsky.social

Your biscuits are burnin'!

apr 29, 2025, 6:12 pm • 14 0 • view
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8thDegreeSavage @actuallymossman.bsky.social

Try rootin tootin

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Charles Barbour @csbv.bsky.social

Sufferin’ succotash!

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JohnMLatimer @johnmlatimer.bsky.social

You’re darn tootin’!

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Lorne @lornemc.bsky.social

Are they all Sam-based or open to other sources?

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sailorbp @sailorbp.bsky.social

How about some Foghorn Leghorn? (Only I can’t recall exactly what he would say, mainly a stammering mess on consternation)

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Pam Nash @pamnashes.bsky.social

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sailorbp @sailorbp.bsky.social

“Boy! I say Boy!” Its been a while…

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Pam Nash @pamnashes.bsky.social

😁

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Tweber @tweber2323.bsky.social

What in tarnation? Fiddlesticks!

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a bloo @vlime286.bsky.social

Hootenanny or shindig

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Alphagold3 @alphagold3.bsky.social

My go to is "Fudge Monkeys". Occasionally I'll spring for "Pshaw and Horsefeathers" with a very clearly enunciated "p" at the beginning.

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mishylu.bsky.social @mishylu.bsky.social

LOVE ❤️ IT

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Gay Tay Tay @heywhyugay.bsky.social

My grandmother used to say "Hell's bells!" Closest she ever got to cursing in her life.

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Heidibunnyrabbit @heidi-didactic78.bsky.social

Give Jimminy Cricket for a whirl

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AJ @runajrun.bsky.social

I’ve used it for decades, copying a friend who didn’t like to swear. Enjoy! (Although “Biscuits” from “Bluey” is my current fave.)

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pokeyokie.bsky.social @pokeyokie.bsky.social

Dad gonnit!

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Leesylou @leesylou.bsky.social

Love ‘Dag nabbit’…

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blujnw.bsky.social @blujnw.bsky.social

You've given up on "HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!"?

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fontaine99.bsky.social @fontaine99.bsky.social

I like it!

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Sammi Law @sammilaw.bsky.social

My spirit animal - youtu.be/PPlx62IK9kg?...

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klein häschen @kleinhaeschen.bsky.social

Great horny toads!

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Matt Edwards @butt-fest.bsky.social

Jee willikers!

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Chris @dewhickie.bsky.social

Well, heavens to murgatroid, Tim!

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A. M. Hennessy @jackhennesanity.bsky.social

Would love to see "What in tarnation?" make a comeback.

apr 29, 2025, 9:01 pm • 1 0 • view
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Larry @misterkojak.bsky.social

Sometimes I'll bust out a Perry White style "Great Caesar's Ghost!"

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momo, no @shamethefascies.bsky.social

I accidentally discovered "Manitoba" as a satisfying utterance years ago and still get good mileage out of it

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am-mccarthy.bsky.social @am-mccarthy.bsky.social

You're going to need a hat to use "dag nabbit"

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collisionbend @collisionbend.bsky.social

I’ve generally been reverting to Monty Python: “Oooooohhh, *intercourse* the penguin!”

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River Van Gambler @rivervangambler.bsky.social

Jehoshaphat!

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Cole Dodd Fingers @cdfingers.bsky.social

Dag nabbit is just exactly perfect.

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V P Felmlee @lilhistorian.bsky.social

Scientifically proven to be not near as satisfying. youtu.be/pp5hNhHp3Ew?...

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Antilles @wedgeantilles.bsky.social

the occasional“confound it all” can keep things moving

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watchlady.bsky.social @watchlady.bsky.social

I'm a fan of Holy Potatoes!

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Aimee Giese @greeblehaus.com

Seriously though, having Silent Gen elders, it's really hard to shake some of their vernacular. Like the word vernacular.

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Whitepants @whitepants.bsky.social

One of my faves

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Jack R @vbrew66.bsky.social

Cool, I added "Golly" a few years ago to up my grandpa game.

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Hans Beckert ◉ @falschspieler.com

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.

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Wrycke @wrycke.bsky.social

What in tarnation

apr 30, 2025, 4:32 am • 2 0 • view
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social

Judd Kresbeckler approves.

apr 29, 2025, 6:31 pm • 10 0 • view
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Rongnion @enemyfromwithin.bsky.social

Tarnation!

apr 29, 2025, 9:45 pm • 0 0 • view
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Damian Solorzano @daysolo.bsky.social

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.

apr 29, 2025, 6:15 pm • 2 0 • view
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Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) @funranium.bsky.social

I also like a good “tarnation!”

apr 29, 2025, 6:13 pm • 20 0 • view
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Huw Bowen / Sundog @huwbowen.bsky.social

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

apr 29, 2025, 6:18 pm • 9 0 • view
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Huw Bowen / Sundog @huwbowen.bsky.social

Don't help much that I'm inevitably prescribing whiskey, if I am to be quite frank with you good people

apr 29, 2025, 7:21 pm • 4 0 • view
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DocLT @doclt.bsky.social

It’s not your somebody, Sam, but I’ve developed the fondness for “great Scot!”

apr 29, 2025, 6:16 pm • 0 0 • view
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Antifa Supersoldier 👊 @regicide.lol

Try working “gall durn” into the mix. Learned that one from Home Alone 2

apr 29, 2025, 6:26 pm • 1 0 • view
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Rhys Martin @rhysfunk.com

ya big galoot!

apr 29, 2025, 8:13 pm • 3 0 • view
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Torsade @torsade.bsky.social

Has the Lord ever reward anyone for not taking his name in vain, though?

apr 29, 2025, 8:58 pm • 0 0 • view
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turnzee8.bsky.social @turnzee8.bsky.social

I recommend nincompoop as well as sticky-wicket.

apr 30, 2025, 1:24 am • 1 0 • view
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BLUE TEXAS #1 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇲🇽🇨🇦🇵🇷 @jacksuggs.bsky.social

Well I swan.

apr 29, 2025, 8:55 pm • 2 0 • view
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Amy, Number Seven @amyveeres.com

I trail off into nonsense like Lisa Simpson. "Every time I tell a story they show up to rrghfm mrfgrm..."

apr 29, 2025, 9:16 pm • 1 0 • view
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86 47 Mikey @ibmikeyp.com

Fiddle Sticks!

apr 29, 2025, 6:39 pm • 4 0 • view
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"Kapura" - Max Golden - "Do Not Eat" @kapura.bsky.social

when i try i just go straight to hank hill :/

apr 29, 2025, 6:17 pm • 2 0 • view
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Daaaaannnny @winterdan.bsky.social

Highly recommend. I smash the syllables together no space. Need that after periods.

apr 29, 2025, 6:17 pm • 1 0 • view
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Froedipus @froedipus.bsky.social

"Consarnit" is also a good exclamation.

apr 30, 2025, 3:31 pm • 0 0 • view
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Harpo Farts @uchowderhead.bsky.social

"WHAT IN TARNATION!!"

apr 29, 2025, 6:18 pm • 3 0 • view
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psek.bsky.social @psek.bsky.social

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.

apr 29, 2025, 7:52 pm • 2 0 • view
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Bryn's Sounds and Zounds @brynschurman.bsky.social

I've been exclaiming "Carruthers!" for no reason I can recollect.

apr 30, 2025, 12:34 am • 4 0 • view
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Dr K @dockim.bsky.social

👍

apr 29, 2025, 6:27 pm • 1 0 • view
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canuckuk @canuckuk.bsky.social

Jumping Jehoshaphat!

apr 29, 2025, 9:26 pm • 2 0 • view
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Robo @pauloftheusa.bsky.social

My father’s go to curse.

apr 29, 2025, 6:57 pm • 2 0 • view
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Larry @larbear1969.bsky.social

You talked me into it.

apr 29, 2025, 7:30 pm • 1 0 • view
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Martha O'Neill @marthamon.bsky.social

I'm a fan of "Oh my stars and garters", for a little British flare.

apr 29, 2025, 10:44 pm • 2 0 • view
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riverocean33.bsky.social @riverocean33.bsky.social

Yikes and Zoinks

apr 29, 2025, 6:38 pm • 0 0 • view
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Annie Green @stillalillie.bsky.social

"Dad burnit" per Hoss Cartwright, Bonanza

apr 29, 2025, 6:13 pm • 3 0 • view
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Wulf Sternhammer @tarielcell.bsky.social

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.

apr 29, 2025, 9:27 pm • 4 0 • view
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David Butler @dvdbutler.bsky.social

That's so fetch

apr 29, 2025, 6:38 pm • 0 0 • view
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Becky @beckycom.bsky.social

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!”

apr 29, 2025, 9:27 pm • 1 0 • view
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estarianne @estarianne.bsky.social

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)

apr 29, 2025, 6:19 pm • 2 0 • view
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Justin Seagull @pocketseagull.bsky.social

Consarnit > Dagnabbit

apr 29, 2025, 6:36 pm • 1 0 • view
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Suzy Snark #VOTEBLUENC💦💙No🚫DMs!❤️MyVegGarden☆420●Foodie#PINKS @jinxi-deux.bsky.social

Suffering succotash!

apr 29, 2025, 7:08 pm • 3 0 • view
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martin_e @flourogoth.bsky.social

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...

apr 29, 2025, 11:37 pm • 2 0 • view
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Kassax @kassax.bsky.social

My friend routinely responds to "how are you?" With "tip top, couldn't be better!"

apr 29, 2025, 6:33 pm • 2 0 • view
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Phil Klinkner @pklinkne.bsky.social

Do you really to go full Gabby Hayes? media1.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2l...

apr 29, 2025, 10:55 pm • 1 0 • view
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John @johnrt.bsky.social

Have it your way, dude

apr 29, 2025, 6:17 pm • 1 0 • view
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Davesnothere @davesnothere24.bsky.social

What's all this hootin n' hollerin about.

apr 30, 2025, 2:33 pm • 0 0 • view
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calicoday.bsky.social @calicoday.bsky.social

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.

apr 29, 2025, 7:42 pm • 0 0 • view
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Beck Tiger @becktiger.bsky.social

I do actually say this. Sprinkled with just "Goddammit"

apr 29, 2025, 7:09 pm • 3 0 • view
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Joshua B. Hoe @joshuabhoe.bsky.social

.....OOOOOOHHHHHHH I hate that %^$*((( Rabbit

apr 29, 2025, 6:54 pm • 0 0 • view
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Derrick Perkins @derricktperkins.bsky.social

I mix in a good "DAM-nation" every once in a while. Would recommend it.

apr 29, 2025, 6:14 pm • 3 0 • view
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Matt Loomis @loomsville.bsky.social

Big fan of “Great Gravy!” Over here

apr 29, 2025, 6:58 pm • 4 0 • view
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prutherford77.bsky.social @prutherford77.bsky.social

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.

apr 30, 2025, 12:43 am • 2 0 • view
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Frank Lynch @fplynch.bsky.social

I have lollygagged at a restaurant around the corner called Dilly Dally.

apr 29, 2025, 6:31 pm • 0 0 • view
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quilty420.bsky.social @quilty420.bsky.social

"Sugarrrrr...." Double-Dutch bus style works

apr 29, 2025, 11:32 pm • 2 0 • view
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Double decaf espresso @midwestespresso.bsky.social

I’d recommend the Bill Withers variation of “daggumit”

apr 30, 2025, 12:53 pm • 2 0 • view
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Despite All My Rage, I’m Still Just GenX Middle Age @despiteallmyrage.bsky.social

THIS is the content I’m here for.

apr 29, 2025, 10:47 pm • 1 0 • view
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Stupidity Is Destroying America @manmtmike.bsky.social

I - just can’t….

apr 29, 2025, 9:38 pm • 1 0 • view
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(((SudsySeltzer)) @sudsyseltzer.bsky.social

“Have it your way, dude.”

apr 29, 2025, 6:29 pm • 4 0 • view
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Hoodie @hoodie1986.bsky.social

I say I say what in tarnation!

apr 30, 2025, 1:26 pm • 3 0 • view
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Special K @speshulk7.bsky.social

I'm trying "groovy"...it has a cheerier ring to it. And I need all the cheer I can get. 😒

apr 29, 2025, 8:38 pm • 0 0 • view
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CarlPorterRoberts @carlporterroberts.bsky.social

Good one. Maybe a little Walter Brennan from Rio Bravo.

apr 29, 2025, 9:29 pm • 1 0 • view
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Murgatroid Bonbon @murgatroidbonbon.bsky.social

What in tarnation!!

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Josh Watson @joshwatson.com

I’m more of an “oofa doofa” kind of man

apr 29, 2025, 6:38 pm • 1 0 • view
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Founder Band From Chicago @founderdoom.bsky.social

CONSORT IT IF THAT’S OUR LOT, WELL, LET’S PROCEED IN THAT GENERAL DIRECTION

apr 29, 2025, 6:13 pm • 2 0 • view
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Double truth Ruth @thedoubletruthruth.bsky.social

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.

apr 29, 2025, 6:42 pm • 1 0 • view
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mjk4mj.bsky.social @mjk4mj.bsky.social

2020: "President Trump Can't Pronounce 'Yosemite' | NowThis" youtu.be/M4B0GHQWRAo?... youtu.be/Vf4hFCQnrSI?...

apr 29, 2025, 7:01 pm • 4 0 • view
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DirkNiblick @spolem.net

Stop trying to make “Tangerific” happen, Bugs. It’s not going to happen.

apr 29, 2025, 7:45 pm • 3 0 • view
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Sproutie65 @sproutie65.bsky.social

Wow, I totally forgot about Tang 😂

apr 29, 2025, 8:55 pm • 1 0 • view
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Brigid Alverson @brigidalverson.bsky.social

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.

apr 29, 2025, 6:50 pm • 1 0 • view
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Brigid Alverson @brigidalverson.bsky.social

Sometimes I just say "Ding Fucking DONG!!" Covers a lot of bases.

apr 29, 2025, 6:50 pm • 3 0 • view
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Sean Gaffney @toukochan.bsky.social

I used "Jesus H. Christ on a cracker!" today.

apr 29, 2025, 8:43 pm • 2 0 • view
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quilty420.bsky.social @quilty420.bsky.social

Been using 'Jumping Jesus on a pogo stick' for over 35 years thanks to the Dead Milkmen's "Stuart".

apr 29, 2025, 11:30 pm • 2 0 • view
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Brigid Alverson @brigidalverson.bsky.social

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.

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Brigid Alverson @brigidalverson.bsky.social

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."

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quilty420.bsky.social @quilty420.bsky.social

My dad used '... didn't know whether to shit or go blind.' Still in my toolbelt to this day.

apr 29, 2025, 11:26 pm • 2 0 • view
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Sean Gaffney @toukochan.bsky.social

I've definitely heard that last one before.

apr 29, 2025, 8:54 pm • 1 0 • view
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Southern Djentleman @hamsolo.bsky.social

"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!

apr 29, 2025, 6:32 pm • 3 0 • view
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Taylor @taytayynwa.bsky.social

I try to throw in a bit of Sylvester or whatever the hell Muttley was saying to Dick Dastardly.

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Kate Schmidt @kateschmidt.bsky.social

Oh, I’m a keen user of “dag nabbit.” It really rolls off the tongue. “Dad gummit” is quite nice, too.

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cathyglass.bsky.social @cathyglass.bsky.social

They’re all a bunch of varmints, anyway.

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Wilson Voight @radiospanishspeak.bsky.social

Can we get a Yaba Daba Doo?

apr 29, 2025, 7:32 pm • 0 0 • view
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E.E.Gray @erineileengray.bsky.social

cool beans

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Fascism is putting down roots in America, I’m Just Sayin’ @im-just-sayin.bsky.social

What in tarnation!?

apr 29, 2025, 6:40 pm • 0 0 • view
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d. emerson eddy 🐀 @93418.bsky.social

Rassa-frassin.

apr 29, 2025, 6:39 pm • 2 0 • view
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Amy Anderson @amya315.bsky.social

I actually say that once in a while, oddly enough.

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Wendigray @wendigray.bsky.social

Sounds good

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kim ☼ @web.kim

Okay. Whilst reading the news: "Typical couchfuckers!" *said in the Yosemite Sam voice*

apr 29, 2025, 6:30 pm • 4 0 • view
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yellaryan.bsky.social @yellaryan.bsky.social

I've been saying that since Saturday morning cartoons were a thing! You can't steal that from me!

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Lauren Order @laurenorder.bsky.social

I use dagnabbit frequently. Good choice

apr 29, 2025, 6:13 pm • 5 0 • view
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ampallanguk.bsky.social @ampallanguk.bsky.social

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.

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DAzEd:cOnFuSed @marksquared.bsky.social

Always liked Bugs - "what a maroon!"

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Audrey @bluedymoos.bsky.social

As someone who already uses "dag nabbit!" I've been trying to add "consarn it" into my vocab. 😆

apr 29, 2025, 6:16 pm • 2 0 • view
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Dungeon Master of Science @dmofscience.bsky.social

Dadgummit is a favourite of mine

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Gemma @gemma-babbler.com

What in tarnation is solid too

apr 29, 2025, 6:17 pm • 1 0 • view
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Darren Radford @inkyd.bsky.social

A touch of Toy Story Jessie for those barely-thwarted moments

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Glonzo Mourning @glonzomourning.bsky.social

buying stock in Varmint

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VixyGirl58 @vixygirl58.bsky.social

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

apr 29, 2025, 6:18 pm • 3 0 • view
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Justin Gallivan @justingallivan.bsky.social

Good gravy!

apr 29, 2025, 6:13 pm • 3 0 • view
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Alan Evil @alanevil.bsky.social

Gol sarnit!

apr 30, 2025, 3:19 am • 1 0 • view
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loaner of an only heart 🏳️‍⚧️ @notaname.bsky.social

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!

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Jodie Shawback @jodieshawback.bsky.social

Whoopsie daisy is also a real charmer

apr 29, 2025, 6:19 pm • 4 0 • view
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Jen X-tra @jen-x-tra.bsky.social

It works.

apr 29, 2025, 6:14 pm • 1 0 • view