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Dennis Meredith
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The Curse Word Challenge
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Strubnubbit!Crashit!
Shitake!
Bug monkey (derogatory for sci fi implying a dronelike worker)
Connectionless or linkless (implying friendless)
Another option, if set in a earth based future would be to fall back to Shakespeare. Always some great insults there. "Away, you starvelling, you elf-skin, you dried neat's tongue, bull's pizzle, you stock-fish!" or "Away, you three-inch fool!"
Here are a couple
Horse hockey!
Bullfeathers!
Horse hockey!
Bullfeathers!
I will add a real-world example of just such an instance - when my wife (who swears worse than I do) was admonished to tone it down in front of the children (who were in elementary school at the time), she started using "Glitter" as a substitute for curse words.Believe me, after telling someone to "Glitter-off" or "Glitter you" a few times, you'll be wishing the curse words were back.





Fricassee!
Pork chop!
Chopstick!