Antique swear words

[Capn Flukie]

When I was a kid I used to hear the adults around me call people they didn't like 'touch-holes' all the time, but since growing up (shut up you), I haven't heard it since.

So, do you know of any other 'antique swear words'? Ones that you've actually heard somewhere?

 

[SPOCKED]

WTF is "tarnation" anyway?

What did Sam Hill ever do?

Is sassafrass an antique swear? And why does succotash suffer? Huh...

 

[WillsBabe]

Hell's bells. My grandma was fond of that one.

 

[Elmo Dukat]

"Go to Peter" is the only one I can think of...

 

[Kegek]

Sasanach. It means bastard. It also means Dane.

 

[tinar]

You son of a silly person, I unclog my nose in your direction, I wave my private parts at your aunties and I burst my pimples at you?










come on, you saw it coming.

 

[J.T.B.]

My grandpa and other old-timers used to say "I'll be go to hell" instead of "I'll be damned." I try to use this one, myself, I don't want it to die out!

--Justin

 

[Venardhi]

SPOCKED said:
WTF is "tarnation" anyway?

Damnation
Darnation
Tarnation

'Tarnal' was also a curse back in the olden days, so it could have been a combination of the two factors.

No clue about the other origins though.

 

[Outpost4]

Fuck thee.

 

[ITL]

"Wazzock" (as in idiot or fool) is a great swear word that you don't hear much any more. It's one of my favourites.

"Oi! Put it DOWN, you great hairy wazzock!" etc. etc.

 

[tharpdevenport]

Venardhi said:

SPOCKED said:
WTF is "tarnation" anyway?

Damnation
Darnation
Tarnation

'Tarnal' was also a curse back in the olden days, so it could have been a combination of the two factors.

No clue about the other origins though.

Well, Tartarology is the study of Hell, so I would assume "Tar" is a prefix meaning evil, devil, of Hell.

 

[apostle83]

SPOCKED said:
WTF is "tarnation" anyway?

Main Entry:
tar·na·tion Listen to the pronunciation of tarnation
Pronunciation:
\ˌtär-ˈnā-shən\
Function:
noun
Etymology:
alteration of darnation, euphemism for damnation
Date:
1790

: damnation —often used as an interjection or intensive —often used with in<tarnation strike me — James Joyce><where in tarnation you from? — Jessamyn West>

 

[Kegek]

Tharpdevenport said:
Well, Tartarology is the study of Hell, so I would assume "Tar" is a prefix meaning evil, devil, of Hell.

[/QUOTE]

Tartarology comes from Tartarus, the Greek name for Hell. I do not know its relationship to Tarnation, but confusion of the name of a Turkish tribe - the Tatars - led to the Golden Horde of which they were members be called Tartars, consciously echoing this word.

 

[M'Sharak]

SPOCKED said:

Is sassafrass an antique swear?

Nope. Tree.

 

[Elmo Dukat]

Hogwash. That's another one.

...I guess, upon reflection, it would be pretty nasty to have to wash a hog. Or the stuff with which a hog washes being nasty, that's true, too.

 

[Capn Flukie]

6lb8oz apostle83 said:
\ˌtär-ˈnā-shən\

Watch your language!

 

[Captain Intrepid]

Lord liftin', leaping lyin', dear ravin' and dancing dyin',
sufferin' thunderin, workin' wonderin', robbin' gobbin' hairy,
hells fire, firey flamin', screechin' screamin', namin' blamin',
son of a no good, merciful-mudder, of jumpin Joseph Murphy!

 

[Velocity]

Antique swear words...um....feldercarb.

 

[Capn Flukie]

Great horny toads!

 

[ITL]

Thou misbegotten sheep-biting flirt-gill!

(From the Shakespearean Insulter)