History Main / PardonMyKlingon

** At one point, Fiver exclaims "O embleer Frith!" in exasperation. Given that "embleer" is not only Lapine for "smelly" but a fairly strong all-purpose insult (the glossary at the end points out that it's used to describe the scents of predators, for example) and Frith is their god (who also happens to be the sun), the phrase might be akin to blasphemy.

* Inverted with in Barry Longyear's ''Literature/EnemyMine'': human and alien knew enough of cheap insults on each other's tongue (or at least they thought so), but fluid use of the foes' language was beyond either. So when ''slightly'' more complex profanity was used, guy ''had to stop and explain it'' -- after all, what's the point of swearing at someone if the target can't understand? -- they switched to this linguistic "problem" until all was clear... ''and then resumed the brawl''.
** In the original story, the exact phrase used by the Drac was "kizlode" = "kiz" + "lode".
* Larry Niven's Literature/KnownSpace setting:
** The favorite four-letter word is "tanj" -- originally an acronym for "There Ain't No Justice."
** In the Literature/ManKzinWars stories, "k'zeerkt" (plural "k'zeerekti") is a Kzinti epithet for humans; a kzeertk is a Kzinhome animal that looks like a small hairless monkey.

** In the original story, the exact phrase used by the Drac was "Irkmann, yaa stupid Mickey Mouse is!"
*** No, that was the obvious one. What required an explanation was "kizlode" = "kiz" + "lode".

* ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'' has quite a few family-friendly swears as part of its future slang. "Drek" is the common equivalent of "shit," whereas "frag" is the common equivalent of "fuck" - though, given the tendencies of most shadowrunners, it's used more to refer to death than sex ("he got fragged"). By the time 4th Edition was released, the use of future slang was greatly diminished in favor of more real-world profanity.

* Cthulhu in ''Webcomic/{{Chainsawsuit}}'' [[http://chainsawsuit.com/2009/05/04/strip-207/ had a good reason]] for [[PrecisionFStrike Precision Fhtagn Strike]].

*** Because their ears are erogenous zones and they are a heavily patriarchal society, Ferengi have idioms that equate their "lobes" to testicles if used in a human context. A common insult is to call someone "lobe-less" (like calling a human "ball-less"), while one compliment or boast is to say someone "has the lobes" (like how a human "has the balls").

* ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'' has quite a few family-friendly swears as part of its future slang. "Drek" is the common equivalent of "shit," whereas "frag" is the common equivalent of "fuck" - though, given the tendencies of most shadowrunners, it's used more to refer to death than sex ("he got fragged").

* [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants SpongeBob SquarePants]]: Since the show is rated Y7, there obviously isn’t much swearing, although the characters will frequently say “barnacles,” which is implied to be at least a mildly bad word in Bikini Bottom. However, there are some underwater words that are treated as profane.
** In “Sailor Mouth,” [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick learn a new word that’s a dolphin sound effect, which is treated like a substitute for the f-word. It is one of the 13 bad “words,” you should never use.

* In the ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' fanfic ''[[Fanfic/{{Eleutherophobia}} Ghost in the Shell]]'', Tobias uses the Hork-Bajir swear word "hrthesthr", which literally translates to "one who is so careless in cutting the bark from a tree as to damage the wood underneath, causing the entire tree to become diseased and rot". Tom mainly heard it used to refer to Yeerks.

* Happens with the Hork-Bajir in ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'', though justified since they speak a mixture of their own language, Gilard, and English.

* In Jo Walton's ''Literature/ToothAndClaw'', the V-noun and G-verb (implied to be a gendered slur and the draconic equivalent of "fuck," respectively) are never actually spelled out, and the very dirty anatomical colloquialism used by Kest in reference to Sebeth is cut off altogether. Based on the context, the implication is that they are very bad words that are jarring from a middle-class dragon like Kest and ''completely'' shocking from [[spoiler:a noble matron like Berend]], even considering that [[spoiler:she's painfully bleeding to death at the time]].

In Jo Walton's ''Literature/ToothAndClaw'', the V-noun and G-verb (implied to be a gendered slur and the draconic equivalent of "fuck," respectively) are never actually spelled out, and the very dirty anatomical colloquialism used by Kest in reference to Sebeth is cut off altogether. Based on the context, the implication is that they are very bad words that are jarring from a middle-class dragon like Kest and ''completely'' shocking from [[spoiler:a noble matron like Berend]], even considering that [[spoiler:she's painfully bleeding to death at the time]].

* Inverted in ''ComicBook/PS238'', with a RestrainingBolt. Zodon curses like a sailor, so the resident engineer implanted a chip that translates curses as innocuous verbs and nouns, with longer tirades replaced by showtunes.
-->'''Herschel:''' "How do you feel?\\
'''Zodon:''' Like a '''[[AC:Minty]]''' bee sank its '''[[AC:Croissant]]''' into my face. What the '''[[AC:Fluoride]]''' did I just say? What the '''[[AC:Gumball]]''' did you do to me, you '''[[AC:Windshield]]'''?!

* Nick the Human Helicopter ([[AWizardDidIt Area 51 Did It]]) from ''Webcomic/SkinHorse'' is subject to a similar sort of profanity filter.

* Jim Shooter introduced this to the ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes during UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|of Comic Books}}.
** When he came on as writer to UsefulNotes/{{the Modern Age|of Comic Books}} version, which didn't use it, he brought it with him; suddenly, everyone was peppering their dialogue with "florg"s and "zork"s and "scrag"s.
*** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] when a later writer did a ClipShow issue of interviews of the legion's extensive supporting cast. One of them observed that those kids had some of the foulest mouths ... !
* Franchise/GreenLantern Kilowog of Bolivax Vik uses "Poozer" as an all purpose swear word.

--> '''Paperinik:''' You can't say that in a Paperinik story!
--> '''Neopard''' ''(smugly)'': No? But I've been saying it all the time!

* In ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3'', the soldiers of the Keves and Agnus nations use the terms 'spark' and 'snuff' as expletive terms (i.e., "What the spark are you on about?" "Ah, snuff it!", etc.). This is justified in the context that they both serve under the Flame Clocks of their respective colonies, and so evoke fire-based symbolism for this kind of emphasis. Their status as {{Child Soldier}}s with no notion of sexuality or religion means that they lack the vocabulary to reference such concepts, though real-world expletives that refer to body parts (such as 'bollocks' and 'arsehole') are evidently still fair game.

** The chaps at Wiki/TFWikiDotNet have [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Anatomic_euphemism a list of these]], because of course they do.

* ''Literature/{{Wasp}}'': The alien Sirian insult "soko", which apparently means something analogous to "bastard".

* Lampshaded in an episode of ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' where a suspect insults Gibbs in Klingon, but McGee is able to translate it as "your mother has a smooth forehead", which to a Klingon is a very dirty thing to say indeed. To Gibbs... not so much.

* Lampshaded in an episode of ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' where a suspect insults Gibbs in Klingon, but [[HollywoodNerd McGee]] is able to translate it as "your mother has a smooth forehead", which to a Klingon is a very dirty thing to say indeed. To Gibbs... not so much.

** Jabba the Hutt occasionally uses "poodoo" in conversation, which is translated as "fodder" in the subtitles. Apparently the actual meaning has something to do with feces, but other writers have justified it as bantha fodder being utterly repulsive to anything that isn't a bantha.