List of fictional curse words

Fictional curse words are profanities invented by authors of fiction, often science fiction.

• bowb - from Harry Harrison's Bill the Galactic Hero series
• buck - from That Hideous Strength by C.S. Lewis
• dren - from Farscape; same meaning as 'shit'
• feck - from Father Ted: same meaning as 'fuck'. Possibly derived from Irish slang, but most likely introduced to allow repeated swearing in a television programme.
• felgercarb - from Battlestar Galactica (or feldercarb, feldergarb or felgergarb)
• frak - from Battlestar Galactica (2003 miniseries seems to establish same meaning as 'fuck')
• fraz - from David Feintuch's Seafort Saga
• frell - from Farscape; same meaning as 'fuck'
• goit - from Red Dwarf:
• gorram - from Firefly
• krunk - from Late Night with Conan O'Brien
• naff - from Porridge - said to be invented by Ronnie Barker, but also claimed to be an older term from Polari, a form of gay slang
• shazbot - from Mork and Mindy
• smeg - from Red Dwarf: most likely abbreviated from 'smegma'
• taff - from Thief, but possibly from earlier English ethnic slur "Taffy" or "Taff" for a Welshman (claimed to be thieves).
• tanj - from Larry Niven's Known Space books ("there ain't no justice")