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So long as we’re boning up on our science-fiction vocabulary, io9 has tracked down the top ten sci-fi curse words, for your faux-profanity pleasure.

  1. Frak (v.), Battlestar Galactica
  2. Frell (v.), Farscape
  3. Gorram (adj.), Firefly
  4. Shazbot (n.), Mork & Mindy
  5. Poodoo (n.), Star Wars
  6. Smeg (n.), Red Dwarf
  7. Farathoom (n.), Don’t Bite The Sun
  8. Shock (v.), Spiderman 2099
  9. “I seem to be having tremendous difficulty with my lifestyle” (v.), The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
  10. Smurf (v.), The Smurfs

Setting aside the vast lexicon of Klingon curse words (and my opinion of same), it’s a respectable list. Still the inclusion of smurf may be stretching the point–both as a swear word and as science fiction–though that’s hardly the strangest use of smurf I’ve come across. Did they miss any good ones?

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Lobo's frag Leon Tribe | 02/04/08
"Fibble off, faplap!"" WV Rich | 02/11/08
Mebst!!!! RipVan | 11/30/09
ferkit! simon@... | 02/29/08
I know this one SObaldrick | 03/01/08
Thank you, thank you, thank you! simon@... | 03/01/08
Hammer's Slammers series longwayoff | 02/29/08
another from Drake... JSmotherman | 03/28/08
Harry Potter's Mudblood Leon Tribe | 02/04/08
Not Mudblood Brian | 02/07/08
Clottin' Dr Dij | 02/04/08
And drakh cabbott | 02/08/08
TANJ lordringz@... | 02/04/08
tanj bewolfe | 02/04/08
Sorry, but no... qball415@... | 02/07/08
Eat burnt death BALTHOR | 02/04/08
I like it LocoLobo | 02/05/08
Wherever it's from... boxfiddler | 02/08/08
Balthor's is good. seanferd | 02/09/08
Sthondat LocoLobo | 02/05/08
Technically speaking... ejwells@... | 02/05/08
Is it Bowb your buddy day? bumseye@... | 02/06/08
Grud Techno Rat | 02/07/08
Drokk you, Dredd! richard.trenholm@... | 02/14/08
Shova OldGuru | 02/07/08
a curse word? CraigV_z | 02/08/08
That is certainly my understanding of the word... boxfiddler | 02/08/08
Buck Rogers dazzlin_dazz | 02/08/08
Actually, it was the original Battlestar Galactica sentinel762@... | 02/08/08
LMAO Capt. Karl C. "Helo" Agathon (BSG-2003) | 02/13/08
Me too! Techboy308 | 02/29/08
feldercarb inertman@... | 02/08/08
One of the best words ever JohnBeaman | 02/08/08
It's FELGERCARB-- ggrihn@... | 02/08/08
i stand corrected, it seems inertman@... | 02/21/08
Thanks inertman CraigV_z | 02/22/08
your thanks is appreciated, however... inertman@... | 02/22/08
Belgium! rpb_ | 02/08/08
Exactly what I was thinking. seanferd | 02/09/08
Zarking Fardwarks dcwhitworth@... | 02/29/08
RE: Top 10 sci-fi curse words willbonds@... | 02/08/08
tanj isn't a curse... inertman@... | 02/08/08
but it is... JSmotherman | 03/28/08
Anne McCaffrey neilb@... | 02/08/08
By the First Shell! dancer1117 | 02/08/08
Where is that from? CraigV_z | 02/08/08
Dragonriders of Pern neilb@... | 02/08/08
Anne McCaffrey is kind of skimming the line on.. winterhart14@... | 03/02/08
Smeg isn't a curse word... GrizzledGeezer | 02/08/08
Some might disagree with you neilb@... | 02/08/08
It certainly IS .. SObaldrick | 02/08/08
That's what I'm saying neilb@... | 02/08/08
Amen. boxfiddler | 02/09/08
From your keyboard to god's monitor. seanferd | 02/09/08
Too late for the movie SObaldrick | 02/09/08
you can't makeup something... inertman@... | 02/09/08
so they copied you! SObaldrick | 02/10/08
no, i'm not al gore! inertman@... | 02/12/08
"Hey Laser-Lips, your mother was a snowblower!" mike.deutsch@... | 02/08/08
About this one jscali61@... | 02/08/08
RE: Top 10 sci-fi curse words lrollison@... | 02/08/08
A little more fantasy online@... | 02/08/08
RE: Top 10 sci-fi curse words c.shane.bumpurs@... | 02/08/08
RE: Top 10 sci-fi curse words rrose@... | 02/08/08
From Conan the Barbarian RknRlKid | 02/08/08
Top 10 sci-fi curse words vulpine@... | 02/08/08
RE: Top 10 sci-fi curse words CraigV_z | 02/08/08
RE: Top 10 sci-fi curse words fionncreagh@... | 02/08/08
Expletive krose@... | 02/08/08
Asimov used that seanferd | 02/09/08
I'll have to say, "Crivens!" seanferd | 02/09/08
Say "Crivens!" Granville | 02/10/08
"Lawyers" seanferd | 02/11/08
"Revenoo" AlpineHaddock | 03/04/08
It was Ms Flitworth indeed. Maevinn | 04/22/09
From The Helmsman series ssirvin@... | 02/09/08
how interesting... JSmotherman | 03/28/08
RE: Top 10 sci-fi curse words DNSB | 02/11/08
Yngwie J. Malmstein? seanferd | 02/11/08
All about Mr. Malmsteen staffordd@... | 11/20/09
How about Nerf Herder?!? Capt. Karl C. "Helo" Agathon (BSG-2003) | 02/13/08
RE: Top 10 sci-fi curse words mcarli@... | 02/14/08
By the _____ of the Sky Demon! Histrion2 | 02/20/08
mohamaed1980@hotmail.fr mohamaed1980@... | 03/26/08
a total abused word... inertman@... | 03/03/08
I just wanna be friends wefwrfwrefwerfwfwffewf@... | 03/22/09
"Double dumb-ass on you!" notanewbie | 04/22/09

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