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[Kingfisher]

My grandma who I only saw a few times a year if at all lived in South Texas. She use to say " well I swanny" often. I use to wonder what the heck that meant. Eventually I realized it was prolly just a way to express herself without cursing. It's a funny language we speak with a lot of regional variations. Do you have any funny words or saying you hear or use?

 

[Jogeephus]

Have heard swanny used a lot when I was young. Oddest I ever heard was one guy who when flustered would say, "Holy snapping chalk lines". Don't know where he came up with that.

 

[tater74]

I've heard flipping used in place of a swear word.

Also "for the fish" was a reason you did something. It was a derivative of halibut which is a derivative if for the hell of it.

 

[Nesikep]

flipping, forking, fudge, fiddled...

In conversation I realize everyone has heard the word, so I just use the real thing... Kinda like margarine, it'll do the job, but butter is better. That being said, I don't cuss at people much (except while driving).. I cuss at things.

 

[regolith]

After relating an incident with some unpleasant people to a friend he said ," so did you tell them to get fluffed?"

Love it, I think it'll even get past the 'be nice' censor.

Annoying, is religious types who would never ever swear but turn other phrases into swearwords - it's not the word, it's the delivery of it that counts. Heard a lot of 'drat' and 'darn' growing up but I was going to be nice if I dared say dam.

 

[cow pollinater]

I know an old man that can cuss a blue streak and never use a swear word. Every other word out of his mouth is "fooey" and every tenth is galdang. You kind of have to wonder what the point is when it's so obvious what he means to say.

 

[lavacarancher]

Substitute swear words although I have no idea what "swanny" or "swuney" substitutes for. Took me a while on here to figure out what "prolley" stood for too but I finally figured out it was probably. Dad always called his '39 chevy a "hoopey" but I think the word is supposed to be hoopty.

 

[M5farm]

I'm bumfuzzled what this thread has to do with tweaking.

 

[TennesseeTuxedo]

My grandfather used to say "Well I'll be a suck egg mule" which I guess was short for I'll be a son of a...

 

[highgrit]

Frick this and Frick that. We've had a good discussion with the kids about using generic cuss words. I'm not going to put up with it, and it's that simple.

 

[cow pollinater]

Frick this and Frick that. We've had a good discussion with the kids about using generic cuss words. I'm not going to put up with it, and it's that simple.

I hear you... my kids learned how to cuss right. :mrgreen:

 

[greybeard]

I don't do it much at all anymore, but when I was younger and in the military, cussin was deemed to be an ancient and respected art form, and woe be tide your scrawney hide if you didn't do a proper job of it.

I'll swanny?

http://www.word-detective.com/2013/09/i-swan/

 

[J&D Cattle]

I cuss like an F'n sailer. I can control it while at work, church, and the like but at home and on the farm it's terrible. I've never put to much thought into trying to quit. Maybe 2015 is the year. The kids are old enough they know better but will soon start pushing the envelope.

 

[Texas Gal]

I used to work with a little old lady who said " salt in the sugar" when things were really hitting the fan.

I learned all my best "cuss" words from my daddy and brothers while working cows. ;-)