Hi all,

I'm trying to make my Star Wars setting as realistic and immersive as possible and I run into a problem that I don't have equivalents to real world oaths and curses for when characters are angry, upset, shocked, etc.

Obviously there are some vulgarities that I can just copy across, notably "f__k". But most are religious or otherwise specific to real world cultures and I feel it detracts from the setting to include them. "God Dammit!" is going to sound false in a setting with no primary deity, "Jesus" and "Christ" and "Bloody Hell" are obviously no-go's.

Does anyone have any suitable expletives for the Star Wars settings. What exactly does a Trandoshan shout when they drop a hydrospanner on their foot? What words does a scoundrel use on Mos Eisley that a Princess from Alderran never would?

Humorous or serious, all suggestions welcome. I think this would be really useful and it doesn't only have to be expletives. Any figures of speech or common expressions will help enrich the game. At present all I have is "May the Force be with you," as a rough analogue of In sha'Allah. What have you got?

Actually, there has to be the concept of Hell in Canon, at least. Han is having an appointment there with the Hoth deck officer, I believe.

A droid might blaspheme it's Maker, others a Creator or even someone called God or a local deity. Just search for "god" on wookieepedia, you'll get loads of results.

A devotee to an ancient religion could exclaim "F... the Force!" - kind of an alliteration.

For Force's Sake?

Scruffy looking Nerf Herder equivalents, dunno, here's a few:

thick as a Tauntaun's Hide (unintelligent),

as ugly as a Hutt,

lower than a sarlacc's arse (really underhanded actions),

as sick as a flea (or SW equivalent) in a sandperson's jockstrap....

red in the face as a Sith's Saber (guilty looking)

faster than UTINNI!!!

My throat's as dry as a Jawa's robes...

Its canon, but perhaps not everyone favorite, but Poodoo is in the PT, so I guess you can use "Nerf Poodoo".

I find Huttese to be the best language to curse in.

If you don't mind swears from the Legends books, let's see what I can remember...

Sithspawn, sithspit, kriffing, Hutt slime, skrag, stang, Emperor's Black Bones (this one only works after the Battle of Endor), blast it, bantha breath, and where in the nine Corellian hells am I?

Of course Wookieepedia has a list for this!

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_phrases_and_slang

Luke says "blast!" like you might say 'dammit'.

"Kark" is a Huttese curse

Mando's have a nice spread of word to describe things, and to also curse with.

Here's the wiki page for you to scroll over

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Mando%27a

Sleemo was a version of scumbag.

I find Huttese to be the best language to curse in.

It's an all around fine language:

http://www.completewermosguide.com/huttdictionary.html

I made this list for my players as well as a list of common drinks. I can't remember the sources for all of it and I'm sure not all of it is official, but here's what I got:

Basic Profanity

· Bantha: A large slow moving hairy herd animal

· Blast!: an adaptable expletive like “****”

· Blaster-Brain: Derogatory, meaning dumb

· Borked: Like “f__ked”, but more acceptable

· Braintick: Parasite that feeds off the brain

· Cantina Rat: Someone who frequents bars

· Core Slime: Those who live on a Core World

· Druk: As in “a drukload of stormtoopers”

· Good Novas!: An exclamation

· Gravel Maggot: A species of worm

· Great Balls of Fire!: An exclamation

· Haja: A curse

· Hairless Wookiee: A human

· Hang This!: Similar to “screw this”

· Huttwash: Similar to “hogwash”

· Jactna!: A Rodian interjection

· Laserbrain: Insults intelligence

· Lust Toad: Possibly a real creature

· Madclaw: A Wookiee who uses their claws

· Mooka: Insults intelligence

· Noski: “Idiot”

· Piece of Chizk: A curse or insult

· Piece of Rankweed: An insult

· Schutta: Twi’lek insult against women

· Shavit: A curse

· Skidcrust: Equivilent to “roadkill”

· Skrag: A Corellian curse

· Slag: An interjection

· Starforsaken: A derogatory modifier

The “F” Words

· Frack!: An adaptive expletive

· Frag: An adaptive expletive

· Fraggin: A derogatory modifier

Huttese Insults

· Chuba: Huttese meaning “you” or “hey you”

· E Chu Ta!: An insult

· PooDoo: Excrement (Ok, it’s a silly one, but lots of characters say this in the films)

· Shag: A Slave

· Skocha: An insult

· Sleemo: Slimeball

· Stoopa: Fool or fools

Mandalorian Maledictions

· Chakaar: Thief or Grave Robber

· Di’kut: Fool

· Hut’uun: Coward

· Osik: Feces

· Osik’la: Something badly messed up

· Shab: “F__k”

· Shabiir: To badly mess up

· Shabu’droten: “F__king people”

· Shabuir: Harsh insult

· Shebs: Someone’s _ss

· Usenye: “F__k Off”

By The…

· By the Eternal: An exclamation

· By the Original Light: An exclamation

· By the Red Seas of Knores: A curse

· By the Stars: An exclamation

What The…

· What in the Worlds?: An exclamation

· What the Brix?: An exclamation

· What the Hutt?: An exclamation

Son of a…

· Son of a Kath Hound: An insult

Earth Curses Used In the Films

· I’ll See You In Hell: An exclamation

· Scum: An insult

· What in the Blazes: An exclamation

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Wonderful! Thank you! (And thanks to others also). This is exactly the sort of thing I wanted. Phrases or words I could imagine a human saying without it sounding too silly. I especially like the insults: "Cantina Rat", "Gravel maggot" and "Skidcrust". That last one especially has a very evocative unpleasantness to it. I can most definitely see some villain in my game referring to a PC as some "worthless skidcrust".