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um the second one isn't fake it's just in Chinese and therefore could pass the censors except in china where it was bleeped.
Frak or Gorram, which is the best fakey TV swear?
This site disagrees.
'Course, they could be wrong.
I don't know, I don't speak any chinese.
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Also, to answer the original question, I think "gorram" worked better in the context of its show and really helped set the mood. You could actually see how our swear word would evolve into gorram in that culture.
"Frak" is more of a transparent attempt to get past the censors, but I would say it's the one that's more fun to use in real life.
Don't know if it is well known enough but "smeg" from red dwarf was a hell of a swear. It was used as curse to get round the british censor and they though it was just a fictional word. Turns out they stole it from medical slang. WARNING the spoiler below is pretty foul.
Felgercarb?
Frak. It does a better job of conveying the same feeling as the word it is meant to fill in for.
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"f@@#ing... what the f@@#ing f@@#... who the f@@# f@@#ed this f@@#ing... how did you two f@@#ing f@@#s... f@@#!!!"
If you can tell me what movie that's from, I will love you.
Would love to but um cant read it.
What the frak is it?
David dellaRocca: "f@@#ing... what the f@@#ing f@@#... who the f@@# f@@#ed this f@@#ing... how did you two f@@#ing f@@#s... f@@#!!!"
Conor McManus: "Well, that certainly illustrates the diversity of the word."- The Boondock Saints
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"f@@#ing... what the f@@#ing f@@#... who the f@@# f@@#ed this f@@#ing... how did you two f@@#ing f@@#s... f@@#!!!"
If you can tell me what movie that's from, I will love you.
Would love to but um cant read it.
What the frak is it?
David dellaRocca: "f@@#ing... what the f@@#ing f@@#... who the f@@# f@@#ed this f@@#ing... how did you two f@@#ing f@@#s... f@@#!!!"
Conor McManus: "Well, that certainly illustrates the diversity of the word."
- The Boondock Saints
You may hate me but I have never seen the movie. I have friends that have threatened to tie me to the chair and force me to watch.
(rolls through)
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Frak is a great expletive - "FRAK! I just cut my thumb off!" Also a good imperative - "Go frak yourself." But it doesn't work as well as an adjective - "Hey, that's my fraking foot!"
Frell is a better adjective than expletive - "That's frelling stupid." works whereas "FRELL! My car's on fire!" just doesn't carry enough emotive weight. Decent imperative - "Why don't you all just frell off?"
Gorram has more of an oath feel to it than an expletive. "Gorram! What were you thinking?!" rather than "Aw, GORRAM! My zipper is stuck again." Nice adjective, even without the typical -ing - "Who peed in my gorram cheerios?" Doesn't work as an imperative at all; if I tell someone to go gorram their mother... I have no idea what would happen.
I use all three, so I can't really complain. :P
Car Rental Agent: [cheerfully] Welcome to Marathon, may I help you?
Neal: Yes.
Car Rental Agent: How may I help you?
Neal: You can start by wiping that frakking dumb-ass smile off your rosey, frakking, cheeks! Then you can give me a frakking automobile: a frakking Datsun, a frakking Toyota, a frakking Mustang, a frakking Buick! Four frakking wheels and a seat!
Car Rental Agent: I really don't care for the way you're speaking to me.
Neal: And I really don't care for the way your company left me in the middle of frakking nowhere with frakking keys to a frakking car that isn't frakking there. And I really didn't care to frakking walk down a frakking highway and across a frakking runway to get back here to have you smile in my frakking face. I want a frakking car RIGHT FRAKKING NOW!
Car Rental Agent: May I see your rental agreement?
Neal: I threw it away.
Car Rental Agent: Oh boy.
Neal: Oh boy, what?
Car Rental Agent: You're frakked!