Swear words - exclamations - profanities - SUCCESSFUL SUBSTITUTES
| Look at BBC Editorial Guidelines - links and excerpts |
| Issues of 'Harm and Offence' and 'language' are the most pressing for radio play production. |
| You are broadcasting, or intending to broadcast, into people's homes and domestic spaces. And radio can cause more offence potentially than TV. |
| PROFANITIES - exclamations involving religion - what is 'in' and what is 'out' can change month by month. But at the moment, listeners could well be very offended by any references which involve religion. So - 'God!' is offensive. You cannot use these. Find substitutes. |
| There are solutions. The best way if for you to invent these ways around, yourself. Here are some suggestions. |
Swear words - exclamations
| We swear or exclaim in these ways - below. |
| These key words are essential in play dialogue and very revealing of character. |
| You must also use them in INTENSIFYING MOMENTS. |
| You must do the hard work of discovering how each of your characters exclaim and swear. You have to contrast your characters. |
| If your play is set in the future, you have the inventive fun of coining new swear words and exclamations. |
| Small groups and work groups and close friends all COIN SWEAR WORDS AND EXCLAMATIONS for themselves. And give some words and phrases special meaning. That's great for your scripting! |
What a ….
You ….
That's a load of …..
Here are some alternative substitutions:
You shuck!
What a squarble
You flunk!
He's a flupper!
You bonnop!
You mappy!
"Flarn!" or "Tanj!" or "Skiddlyboo!"
Shizzle
Assjacket.
Tableface.
Househead.
Checkershit.
Pencilpocket.
Aggot
Nord
"Go gurg yourself!"
Crayoff
Toodles
Vunch
Kuts
Jaja
cham
blort, gack, stot, fark, ginch, mulk, koff.
foorats!
moobay
squiddies
meem
rahl
gack
krot
guibo - geek (but a well-dressed one)
maroon
gulotta
gumbat
gumby
gumty
gumpus
gundox
SWEAR WORDS FURTHER
Keep it chopped out.
Sensamilla!
Keep it dusty!
Well plastic!
Got to zappuchinno
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