So with that, here are some of my favorite examples
- Noy Jetat -- this exclamation of shock and dismay came from the early 90s cartoon Pirates of Dark Water
- Feetal's Gizz -- short for "Feetal's Gizzard," this exclamation was a favorite of characters in Keith Giffen's L.E.G.I.O.N. and Lobo books.
- Sprock/Grife -- This pair of futuristic curses were popularized by everyone's favorite team of 30th Century teenagers, The Legion of Super-Heroes.
- Frak -- Probably the most popular and wide-spread faux curse on my list thanks to the incredibly well-received Battlestar Gallactica reboot series . . . and to the fact that it sounds really close to the word it replaces . . .
- Blood and ashes! Blood and bloody ashes! -- This oft-used exclamation from Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time books worked its way into my subconscious along with the fatalistic phrase "The Wheel weaves as The Wheel wills."
- Frell/Dren -- While "frak" may be the more well known Sci Fi curse, I will always be a bigger fan of the more melodious alien expletives that were sprinkled liberally throughout Farscape
- Great Rao! -- This one is Superman taking his Kryptonian sun deity's name in vain -- who ever would have thought the big blue boy scout would be so blasphemous?
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