List fails without D'Arvit.

It's spelled p'taH, subby.

/flashes Nerd Card Platinum
//stares forlornly at pristine "Talk To Ten Girls And See A Boob" punchcard

Or are you just a clallachpeldassacrissalvac?

Slives: Knew 'frak' was going to be #1 before even clicking on the link. Personally I think it was so overused that it lost its value.

Loved seeing nerf-herder on there.

Personally, I think "frell" should be Number 1, and no I will not never frelling get over Bonnie Hammer frelling canceling Farscape. Frak should be on the list but not number one, but I do think you are right about it being so overused it lost its value.

What in the name of zarking fardwarks is going on here?

Bondith: It's spelled p'taH, subby.

According to Okrand's original Klingon Dictionary, it's petaQ.

No "God's teeth"? Tanj.

List fails without Belgium.

Not to mention, "Nerfherder" is an insult, not profanity.

"Belgium!"

Can't see list at work. Does it include Smeghead or the even better SMEEEEE HEEEEEEEE?

I don't really consider "nerf-herder" to fit in that list. I mean, it's an insult, but it's about as profane as calling someone a redneck.

FunkyBlue: Can't see list at work. Does it include Smeghead or the even better SMEEEEE HEEEEEEEE?

10) "PetaQ" (Star Trek).
9) "Bagropa" (Sparks Nevada: Marshal on Mars).
8) "Frag" and "Shrock" (tie) (Babylon 5).
7) "Drokk" (Judge Dredd).
6) Shazbot (Mork and Mindy).
5) "Grahzny Bratchny" (A Clockwork Orange).
4) "Frell" (Farscape).
3) "Nerf herder" (Star Wars).
2) Smeg (Red Dwarf).
1) "Frak" (Battlestar Galactica).

(Weirdly, the URL says it's the top nine. I wonder which one they added in at the last second.)

Bondith: It's spelled p'taH, subby.

/flashes Nerd Card Platinum
//stares forlornly at pristine "Talk To Ten Girls And See A Boob" punchcard

Takes Nerd Card Platinum since the word has been spelled various ways as the article points out.

FunkyBlue: Can't see list at work. Does it include Smeghead or the even better SMEEEEE HEEEEEEEE?

Came to make this joke. Leaving happy.

What a bunch of drek.

Holy Flurking Schnit!

i'm just gonna sit down over here and wait for the browncoats to show up...

olapbill: i'm just gonna sit down over here and wait for the browncoats to show up...

You can take that goram attitude and shove it!

Being a big Red Dwarf fan, it provoked some amusement when I noticed my new house's fitted kitchen includes a Smeg cooker/hob.

Glad to see that Frell made the list, in the top 5, as it should be. Sad they missed the almost-as-frequently-used "dren" and "yotz."

/Fahrbot frellniks anyway...

Tanj dammit, everything is from tv or movies.

Mr. Eugenides: List fails without Belgium.

My thoughts exactly.

Foonting turlingdromes, the lot of 'em.

That list is complete felgercarb.

Mr. Eugenides: List fails without [CENSORED].

Not to mention, "Nerfherder" is an insult, not profanity.

Any Pie Left: "[CENSORED]!"

Hey hey hey! We do have *SOME* standards around here. Sheesh.

RoyFokker'sGhost: Also, if the pseudo Russian from Clockwork Orange made it in, why not the awesome Chinese swearing in Firefly/Serenity, gorrammit?

They said at the beginning of TFA that the Firefly chinese swears were not being included because they already did an entire article on just that, ya frelling smeghead. =P

Where is Spock cursing? List is bogus without it.

"They like you very much, but they are not the hell your whales."

What is this, bowb your top ten list week?

/ ^ the missing #0 list entry from "Bill the Galactic Hero" by Harry Harrison.

xalres: Mr. Eugenides: List fails without Belgium.

My thoughts exactly.

Foonting turlingdromes, the lot of 'em.

Indeed. A blurglecruncheon to their gobberwarts, I say.

Dear Lord, how had I forgotten about "Shazbot?"

miniflea: Tanj dammit, everything is from tv or movies.

It's a pop culture site, it has to draw examples from things that most of its audience have seen.

Plus, if you go into novels you're going to expand the number of inventive curses exponentially, because for the most part writers aren't making new words and phrases as a substitution for an English curse, they're putting it in there because they genuinely enjoy writing insults, curses, and profanities.

//Besides, everyone knows that the most offensive curse in the universe is "Go stick your head in a pig".
//"Frack" was clearly just so that "fark" could be easily white-outed and substituted on a script with a mono-spaced font, not terribly creative at all. Frell was a slightly better joke since it actually had a divergent meaning and sound.

What the zark?

Subby should know that only a verule would use such language!

Only Sci-fi? Noy Jitat!
/obscure?

Slives: Knew 'frak' was going to be #1 before even clicking on the link. Personally I think it was so overused that it lost its value.

Loved seeing nerf-herder on there.

I thought so too until the fracking boom, now I think it's perfectly useful again. Also, I think the fact that it was used so much is the reason it's #1.

Glad to see "shazbot" on there, too. ((Agree with nerf herder, too.)

petaQ? Meh, as for most of the rest.

Gorram rutting go-se, that list is.

Reminded me of SG1's poke at Farscape: Link.

I've been rewatching Red Dwarf on Netflix, so I was happy to see it so high up on the list. I knew Frak would be #1 though.

Why the yotz wasn't Farscape better represented?