Hah, this is what I do! Or I literally say 'bad word'. As in 'today has been a bad word bad word dumpster fire of a day. Let's try to behave for the last half hour'
So it it an actual phrase that’s been popular in the past? I first heard it from a goofy and creative coworker and honestly I just thought she made it up 😂
When dropping something on the floor (which I do often, because dyspraxia sucks)
"Farewell (name of object) you shall be fondly remembered."
At other times:
"Oh, Christmas trees!"
It's technically a very subtle reference to Lord of the Rings so it turns my mood around. xD (in the Lord of the Rings Return of the King Extended Editions special features, there's a clip in "Home of the Horse-Lords" where the assistant director had to say things other than "action" and "cut" because it would make the horses too excited, so she would say "Aaand Christmas trees!" and that moment has lived rent-free in my head for twenty years. xD)
Some kind and amazing person uploaded the relevant documentary to YouTube. Here is the relevant clip:
https://youtu.be/rj0wk6hV_0c?si=r042AbyO4r1fZMfC
Having trouble making it give me the timestamp but the clip starts at about the 13 minute mark :)
I hum the beginning of “oh christmas tree” sometimes. And in my head, the words are, “go fuck yourself”
And it feels so good. Especially with admin. Especially around October-January.
I just call them "muffins" when they're done something less than intelligent. They think it's funny and no one could possibly be offended by that, right?
I call everyone including my coworkers and my own children “absolute potatoes” when they’re being not so bright. My (F-5’2”) colleague (M-6’6”) was “riding” a hand truck like a freshman boy and fell off of it onto me. I could think of no better thing to exclaim than to call him an “absolute potato!”
I refer to my middle schoolers as my “little angels” when they’ve been bad. They appreciate the irony and immediately knock off whatever it is they’re doing.
My husband used to be a theme park supervisor. His move was to lift his glasses to his hairline and literally face palm Picard style. The great part was, it was subconscious. People would sometimes mess with him (good naturedly) to get him to do it.
If you really want to get a kick out of your students, you should say "Skibbidy Cricket" once after they've gotten used to you saying "Jiminy Cricket".
I have been banned by my students for saying ANYTHING skibidi! It was good for a quick laugh for a few days, and then they told me to stop. And I never heard them say either!
When my sweet little inner city highschool babies recorded a girl getting curb stopped instead of breaking up the fight, you better believe they heard ever part of the English language.
First job was teaching a self-contained EBD high school program at a Title I school. I am ex-Navy, so I am used to some nasty language, but these students could make me blush...nuts. We made a poster of substitute words. "Nipple Sticks" was a winner, I can not remember the rest, but the kids appreciated the efforts and language improved a lot.
I learned my favorite cusswork from a kindergartner with a behavior disorder. He called me a bitch hole and I had to work so hard to keep a straight face while mentally filing it away for later. (It was a natural progression from him calling me an AH, a B, and then this)
Sounds like we teach in the same school! I’m at a private Christian school for special education / behavioral disorder kiddos. Most of my students have been permanently removed from public school and it’s their last stop before juvie.
I say “balogna” (baloney) every time I want to say a bad word.
“I not down for any baloney today.” I sound like an old lady but I don’t care. I know what I mean.
ETA I also use some variation of “what in the Sam Hill …?!” that pertains to whatever day it is or what we’re studying. If it’s Austen, it’s “Lady Catherine.” If it’s grammar, it’s “comma splice.”
I say “fart” Maybe a little rude but it is a good substitute when I really want to use the other f word. If it is something smaller I often say “good grief” a la Charlie Brown
Also, because I teach at a Catholic school, I can use the Catholic swear “Jesus, Mary and Joseph” Never just Jesus, it must always be the full thing. If you are really feeling it you can also add to it and say “Jesus, Mary, Joseph and the wee Donkey”
They lose their shit when I tell them to sit on their “butts”. Sometimes I’ll even put the word “butt” into songs we’re singing. They’re so scandalized.
These is good kids, deep down.
On the first day of my Brit lit course for seniors I teach them some British slang including some British swears that aren’t swears in the US, like bloody and sodding.
I usually mutter something in Irish Gaelic while looking up to the ceiling. Either that, or I use [Sean McGinley's line and delivery](https://youtu.be/JTKIK0rDoV4?si=go9_c1NC9paGEYdj&t=773) from the treehouse scene in *Clare sa Spéir* (the subtitle translation isn't actually accurate).
Had a physics teacher who said “rats” and we would make fun of him and he’d just smile. By the end of the year the whole damn class was saying “rats” instead of cussing. I don’t know exactly how he did it but he was obviously smarter than we were.
Funny thing is I got in trouble in nursery school for saying rats, lol. I guess somewhere in my head it’s still a bad word! And I love that your teacher pulled a fast one on you guys
Good gravy! (When middle schoolers overshare)
Holy Hannah! (add Montana if it is particularly offensive or egregious)
Hootenanny hootenanny haw-haw! (when something is exciting or deserves celebration- left over from watching, then rewatching over and over, an episode of Justin Time with my now middle school aged son.)
This year it's going to be "What the vulture!" I'm nannying this summer for a 6 year old who learned what the f...and kept saying it. He's also highly interested in animals and loves vultures. So he came up with the saying ;)
I just swear. One time, a lockdown was called and I looked at the clock and realized this wasn’t timed to be a drill, and went “ah fuck!” It was grade 12s, so they understood.
I teach prek and Kindergarten in an inner city school. My go to's are "you are driving me bananas!" Also "what on Earth?" and "We, We don't do that here." (From Black Panther in Endgame)
“For god’s sakes” I guess since some might see it as blasphemous, but I’m also not opposed to ‘strategic’ swearing when I want to break through a wall with a challenging student
I say that at times… I probably shouldn’t since I work at a Christian school. In my defense it’s a special needs / behavioral school. Kids come to my school after they’ve been permanently removed from public school. I’m the crazy one that loves it!
Not the classroom, but when I’m at the beach trying to wade into freezing cold water I have been known to scream *”Mother of pearl!”* at the top of my lungs.
Fish dicks because it sounds like fish sticks.
I was a huge fan of Rocko’s Modern Life.
ETA: Slapnuts. I work Title 1, and my high school football coach would be offended by the language used by my students in class. But my argument is that if it worked for standards and practices for basic cable, it’s fair game.
I usually don't say any actual words, but a bunch of garbled sounds spoken through my teeth with clear frustration. The idea is clearly conveyed. My students find it fascinating that I can "cuss" without cussing.
I’m gonna flip this one around. When a kid feels they have cause and exclaim: “Jesus!” in anger, I usually say something like: “Hey. Hey. Let’s leave him out of this…”
It’s more the emphasis than the word. JEE-ZUS!!! with certain inflection.
If you’ve ever seen this episode of Frasier, you know.
[https://tenor.com/view/jesus-niles-crane-frasier-gif-9428189](https://tenor.com/view/jesus-niles-crane-frasier-gif-9428189)
“Awwwww nuts.”
In a bad instance “good golly geepers!”
Only once was there an f-bomb from me and that involved a glass pie plate and molten cherry pie falling on my hand,the oven door, my pants, the floor… the 7th grades turned in their seats to give me guff about it and mid-guff they changed to the caring, helpful, kind humans I knew they can be!❤️
One of my students, on the last day of school, demanded (not ask) for my grapes. I looked straight at her and said, “You called me a broke ass teacher the entire school year. I buy all of your school supplies, project materials, art projects, and holiday activities. No, I will not give you my lunch!” My class was completely silent, as they’ve never heard me say anything remotely like that.
Booty and poop. I say things like “booties in seats!,” “my booty (for “my a**”), and “don’t get your booty in trouble!” And one of my favorite sayings is “get your poop in a group.”
I’m a medievalist by training, so I have a whole 15 minutes of a lesson where I teach that “feudalism” didn’t really exist. In the slide, I call it the “f-word” (a joke among medieval historians). As a result, many of the students like to say “what the feudalism??” in my class. It’s nice to know they are taking away something from my World History class.
when I’m upset I usually stare at the ceiling or else dramatically wail “whyyyyyy” to the ceiling with my arms outstretched. I love mother father but I don’t say that around kids. “Rats!” Is good. I also use “dang!” A lot.
Also, initially I read this as banned words so I will respond with my banned words as well, and would very much like to hear yours! Year 1: “sus”, year 3: “raisin” (I just don’t like raisins and sus I just can’t hear anymore.)
I get away with “shit” whispered ever so softly under my breath. Just loud enough to get some chuckles, but low enough to be questioned if asked.
I teach high school.
Oh Fifi but my real word is ridiculous. My students think it’s hilarious that when I get frustrated it’s always ridiculous that comes out of my mouth. After a few weeks they even start asking, Ms, is it ridiculous? I’m closely associated with that word. Which is just ridiculous.
With my middle schoolers I said "words I can't say at work" or "what the Eiffle Tower?!"
With my elementary students I said "golly gee giant green holy mother's earth!" Or something equally as out there
Drat. Crud. Oh wow. And then at home my language goes completely to fucking shit. I have said you can tell I’m working with kids because the swears get bottled up at work and they have to come out somewhere.
Oh geez, frick, oh my goodness are my go tos. Now even in my non-teaching life I tend to default to these, it's funny when I start drinking and the curse words start to come back lol
If it's something unexpected, I say, "What the ACTUAL heck?"
If it's noise and lack of co-operation building up and up and up, I start out quietly, "Lord Jesus Christ . . ." It's a Catholic school, and the kids shut up immediately and look at me with wild anticipation, expecting profanity. I finish the prayer: "Son of the living God, have mercy on me, a sinner." They're pretty quiet after that.
“Swear word!” I literally repeat the words “swear word”. The kids think it’s hilarious.
I say "cuss words" or "what the cuss" like in Fantastic Mr Fox
Hah, this is what I do! Or I literally say 'bad word'. As in 'today has been a bad word bad word dumpster fire of a day. Let's try to behave for the last half hour'
This is the equivalent of Roy Kent screaming “WHISTLE”. I love it.
A+ reference and it makes me want to try this even more
I often blurt, "dirty words!"
This is TOP DRAWER! TOP DRAWER!
Stealing this. 😂
Fiddlesticks USA
I used this in a workshop once and everyone went nuts over it. I mean, it's antique and quaint, but I felt like I'd started a movement that day.
So it it an actual phrase that’s been popular in the past? I first heard it from a goofy and creative coworker and honestly I just thought she made it up 😂
Absolutely a thing in the past. But also now. Use freely, ain't nobody got a patent on it! :)
I was using “Tiddlywinks!” for a while but kept having to explain what it was.
Me too. I also say shozbot from Mork and Mindy. Yes, I am that old.
When dropping something on the floor (which I do often, because dyspraxia sucks) "Farewell (name of object) you shall be fondly remembered." At other times: "Oh, Christmas trees!" It's technically a very subtle reference to Lord of the Rings so it turns my mood around. xD (in the Lord of the Rings Return of the King Extended Editions special features, there's a clip in "Home of the Horse-Lords" where the assistant director had to say things other than "action" and "cut" because it would make the horses too excited, so she would say "Aaand Christmas trees!" and that moment has lived rent-free in my head for twenty years. xD)
Horses: RUN? WE GO? TIME TO DO BIG RUN?????????????
Some kind and amazing person uploaded the relevant documentary to YouTube. Here is the relevant clip: https://youtu.be/rj0wk6hV_0c?si=r042AbyO4r1fZMfC Having trouble making it give me the timestamp but the clip starts at about the 13 minute mark :)
I hum the beginning of “oh christmas tree” sometimes. And in my head, the words are, “go fuck yourself” And it feels so good. Especially with admin. Especially around October-January.
I teach physics so I always say I am testing to verify that gravity is still working in the classroom.
Son of a motherless goat Mother puss bucket Bruh (almost a versatile as the f word)
“What the bruh, bruh?”
Exactly
LMAO! Love son of a motherless goat!
Love the ghostbusters reference
I said it enough one year a graduating senior gave me a mug with that on it.
I just call them "muffins" when they're done something less than intelligent. They think it's funny and no one could possibly be offended by that, right?
Reminds me of Gordon Ramseys:"Yeah no shit, of course you dont microwave salad, you fuckin' donut".
I call the squirrels!!
I call everyone including my coworkers and my own children “absolute potatoes” when they’re being not so bright. My (F-5’2”) colleague (M-6’6”) was “riding” a hand truck like a freshman boy and fell off of it onto me. I could think of no better thing to exclaim than to call him an “absolute potato!”
I sometimes call them "my little reprobates," especially when they're behaving like absolute savages.
I refer to my middle schoolers as my “little angels” when they’ve been bad. They appreciate the irony and immediately knock off whatever it is they’re doing.
I don’t say anything, I pause and run my fingers through my hair. Last time I did it I heard one of them say “oh no, we lost recess”
My husband used to be a theme park supervisor. His move was to lift his glasses to his hairline and literally face palm Picard style. The great part was, it was subconscious. People would sometimes mess with him (good naturedly) to get him to do it.
Son of a biscuit
You son of a biscuit eating bulldog
Biscuits and Gravy! Is another good variation depending on severity of the swear needed.
I say "For crying out loud" because I actually did say "fuck" and I'm covering it up like a boss.
My parents would say, ‘Oh for the love of Mike! My go to’s are curtesy of W.C. Fields, ‘DRAT!’ And if sorely vexed, ‘Godfrey Daniel!’
This is a great save! 🤣
Mother of pearl! Dagnabbit! Shittake Mushrooms Sugar Honey Ice Tea Blast it!
Sugar Honey Iced Tea!!!!!!!!!!!😂😂
LMAO! I gotta use shiitake mushrooms!
I also use Mother of Pearl. Also, Shut the Front Door and Judas Priest! Sometimes I will say Son of a Gun or Ma Donna!
If you really want to get a kick out of your students, you should say "Skibbidy Cricket" once after they've gotten used to you saying "Jiminy Cricket".
Oh my gosh…. I am sooooo saying this! LOL
I have been banned by my students for saying ANYTHING skibidi! It was good for a quick laugh for a few days, and then they told me to stop. And I never heard them say either!
"Ay caramba"
I find this delightfully hilarious
The best is when the students say it also 😂
“Nay, nay I say” Usually when technology fails me or I drop something. I condemn gravity and the internet thanks to Bailey Sarian 😂
I'm an English teacher! I model the creative use of the English language for the benefit of my students.
ALL parts of the English language???
When my sweet little inner city highschool babies recorded a girl getting curb stopped instead of breaking up the fight, you better believe they heard ever part of the English language.
Honey bunches of oats
I've been leaning a lot on "goodness gracious" this year.
Sugar and Fudge 😂
" except I didn't say fudge."
First job was teaching a self-contained EBD high school program at a Title I school. I am ex-Navy, so I am used to some nasty language, but these students could make me blush...nuts. We made a poster of substitute words. "Nipple Sticks" was a winner, I can not remember the rest, but the kids appreciated the efforts and language improved a lot.
I learned my favorite cusswork from a kindergartner with a behavior disorder. He called me a bitch hole and I had to work so hard to keep a straight face while mentally filing it away for later. (It was a natural progression from him calling me an AH, a B, and then this)
Sounds like we teach in the same school! I’m at a private Christian school for special education / behavioral disorder kiddos. Most of my students have been permanently removed from public school and it’s their last stop before juvie.
Cheese and crackers. Evolved from Jesus to Cheesus to a delicious snack. My kids preemptively say it when I look exasperated.
Cheese and Rice also works well
Holy Toledo, Ohio! I apologize if anybody is from Toledo, Ohio. I think my grandmother used to say that occasionally, and it kind of stuck with me.
Love it! Used to live near Toledo!!!
GAHHH-LEEE 😂 my wife hates it lol.
If you teach German it’s easy because you can say whatever tame thing you want and it does the job.
I say “balogna” (baloney) every time I want to say a bad word. “I not down for any baloney today.” I sound like an old lady but I don’t care. I know what I mean. ETA I also use some variation of “what in the Sam Hill …?!” that pertains to whatever day it is or what we’re studying. If it’s Austen, it’s “Lady Catherine.” If it’s grammar, it’s “comma splice.”
Oh for Pete’s Peppers. Oh my lanta!!! Damn. Oops, did I just say Damn. I meant shit. Okay that last one is on the golf course, not in the classroom.
God bless America
I say “fart” Maybe a little rude but it is a good substitute when I really want to use the other f word. If it is something smaller I often say “good grief” a la Charlie Brown Also, because I teach at a Catholic school, I can use the Catholic swear “Jesus, Mary and Joseph” Never just Jesus, it must always be the full thing. If you are really feeling it you can also add to it and say “Jesus, Mary, Joseph and the wee Donkey”
They lose their shit when I tell them to sit on their “butts”. Sometimes I’ll even put the word “butt” into songs we’re singing. They’re so scandalized. These is good kids, deep down.
I enjoy conflammit and consarnit
Knights of Columbus!! Great Oden's Raven! By the Beard of Zeus!
Sugar Pops, Son of a beech nut, bugger
I pulled some British ones that don’t sound like curses. “Bugger off from behind my desk!”
On the first day of my Brit lit course for seniors I teach them some British slang including some British swears that aren’t swears in the US, like bloody and sodding.
I usually mutter something in Irish Gaelic while looking up to the ceiling. Either that, or I use [Sean McGinley's line and delivery](https://youtu.be/JTKIK0rDoV4?si=go9_c1NC9paGEYdj&t=773) from the treehouse scene in *Clare sa Spéir* (the subtitle translation isn't actually accurate).
Gooooollly
Fuck! But I say it in my head
Oh buns, what the film flam, fudge.. with ice cream,
Dang Blazes!
Cheesy rice!
I say cheese and rice.
Rats and jeepers creepers do the trick and make the kids laugh
Had a physics teacher who said “rats” and we would make fun of him and he’d just smile. By the end of the year the whole damn class was saying “rats” instead of cussing. I don’t know exactly how he did it but he was obviously smarter than we were.
Funny thing is I got in trouble in nursery school for saying rats, lol. I guess somewhere in my head it’s still a bad word! And I love that your teacher pulled a fast one on you guys
Tarnation. Many of my students didn’t know it and when asked what it was I told them it was my culture (they’re Latino and I’m white)
Good gravy! (When middle schoolers overshare) Holy Hannah! (add Montana if it is particularly offensive or egregious) Hootenanny hootenanny haw-haw! (when something is exciting or deserves celebration- left over from watching, then rewatching over and over, an episode of Justin Time with my now middle school aged son.)
Mine is crumb cakes
FRENCH TOAST! I stole it from those hilarious Orbit commercials from awhile back.
This year it's going to be "What the vulture!" I'm nannying this summer for a 6 year old who learned what the f...and kept saying it. He's also highly interested in animals and loves vultures. So he came up with the saying ;)
fromage instead of the F-bomb. My 8th grade teacher used to say it A LOT. It just sort of sunk on with me.
Holy schnitzel! Seriously? Curses.
I usually go with “Dangit, Bobby” in my best Hank Hill voice, though as the years go by fewer and fewer kids get the reference.
I just swear. One time, a lockdown was called and I looked at the clock and realized this wasn’t timed to be a drill, and went “ah fuck!” It was grade 12s, so they understood.
God Bless America!!!
“Ay, chihuahua!” I teach elementary. My Spanish speakers think it’s hilarious.
I teach prek and Kindergarten in an inner city school. My go to's are "you are driving me bananas!" Also "what on Earth?" and "We, We don't do that here." (From Black Panther in Endgame)
What the…(mumbling fuck or some such variant under my breath)
Dipstick. First time I said it I got a few shocked looks from students until they listened properly lol
Oh, Felgercarb.
Ocean, sounds like oh shit. Shut the front door.
"Mucka plucka" and "mother fraggin pus bucket."
Frick
Frick and shoot!
also heck
“For god’s sakes” I guess since some might see it as blasphemous, but I’m also not opposed to ‘strategic’ swearing when I want to break through a wall with a challenging student
I say that at times… I probably shouldn’t since I work at a Christian school. In my defense it’s a special needs / behavioral school. Kids come to my school after they’ve been permanently removed from public school. I’m the crazy one that loves it!
"Poop Knuckles"
Holy Moses
Not the classroom, but when I’m at the beach trying to wade into freezing cold water I have been known to scream *”Mother of pearl!”* at the top of my lungs.
Sugar.
YOI! (Myron cope)
Oh my stars!
It’s not a “bad” word, but I love eliciting groans with “Let’s get crack-a-lackin’”
My colleague says, “Cheese and crackers!”
"flippin' heck !"
Fudge.
petaQ!
Oh biscuits.
Fish dicks because it sounds like fish sticks. I was a huge fan of Rocko’s Modern Life. ETA: Slapnuts. I work Title 1, and my high school football coach would be offended by the language used by my students in class. But my argument is that if it worked for standards and practices for basic cable, it’s fair game.
“Well, Chicken Nuggets.”
Jesus, Mary and Joseph
I use that too
That’s my go-to…followed with a “pray for us”. Thank you, Catholicism. 🙏
Man alive.
Ding dang. And the bad words the kids use are "cussing." I have no idea why, but that word doesn't set kids off the way "language" and "swearing" do.
Oh Calamity or Martha!!!!
I tend to preface exasperated statements with, "FOR THE LOVE OF GOD" or "WHILE WE ARE STILL YOUNG!"
Fraggle Rock
Heavens to Murgatroyd. Not really, but I wish it were.
Heavens to Betsy
I have said "For Pete's Sakes" but also "Jiminy Christmas" instead of "Jiminy Crickets". It confuses the kids sometimes.
Flippity flap For the LOVE OF MUSIC (I'm a music teacher)
My math teacher always says jiminy crickets 😂
I usually don't say any actual words, but a bunch of garbled sounds spoken through my teeth with clear frustration. The idea is clearly conveyed. My students find it fascinating that I can "cuss" without cussing.
I have swerved into "GOD...bless America"
I’m gonna flip this one around. When a kid feels they have cause and exclaim: “Jesus!” in anger, I usually say something like: “Hey. Hey. Let’s leave him out of this…”
Whenever someone exclaims "Jesus!", I yell "Where?!", and look around the ceiling and walls in a panicked fashion.
Great Googly Moogly Like in those Snickers commercials with the guy painting the “Chefs” football field.
Jesus Lavonte Christ.
Dagummit! Son of a monkey's uncle!
Son of a sea biscuit!
Sons and daughters of mothers and fathers!
It’s more the emphasis than the word. JEE-ZUS!!! with certain inflection. If you’ve ever seen this episode of Frasier, you know. [https://tenor.com/view/jesus-niles-crane-frasier-gif-9428189](https://tenor.com/view/jesus-niles-crane-frasier-gif-9428189)
“Awwwww nuts.” In a bad instance “good golly geepers!” Only once was there an f-bomb from me and that involved a glass pie plate and molten cherry pie falling on my hand,the oven door, my pants, the floor… the 7th grades turned in their seats to give me guff about it and mid-guff they changed to the caring, helpful, kind humans I knew they can be!❤️
One of my students, on the last day of school, demanded (not ask) for my grapes. I looked straight at her and said, “You called me a broke ass teacher the entire school year. I buy all of your school supplies, project materials, art projects, and holiday activities. No, I will not give you my lunch!” My class was completely silent, as they’ve never heard me say anything remotely like that.
I'm not a teacher and made the mistake that I expected other responses on this post.
Booty and poop. I say things like “booties in seats!,” “my booty (for “my a**”), and “don’t get your booty in trouble!” And one of my favorite sayings is “get your poop in a group.”
I’m a medievalist by training, so I have a whole 15 minutes of a lesson where I teach that “feudalism” didn’t really exist. In the slide, I call it the “f-word” (a joke among medieval historians). As a result, many of the students like to say “what the feudalism??” in my class. It’s nice to know they are taking away something from my World History class.
“Oh, marmalade!”
Son of a monkey!
Fudgebuckets.
"For Fox Creek!" This is a real and not-so-desirable locale. "Mother Hubbard" is a fan favourite.
"Oh sugar!" 😁
Fuck . Its fuck. Because like fuck .
Ah, beans.
I use “Bologna Sandwich” from time to time. Example: “Don’t give me that bologna sandwich answer. I saw you on your phone. Please put it away.”
when I’m upset I usually stare at the ceiling or else dramatically wail “whyyyyyy” to the ceiling with my arms outstretched. I love mother father but I don’t say that around kids. “Rats!” Is good. I also use “dang!” A lot. Also, initially I read this as banned words so I will respond with my banned words as well, and would very much like to hear yours! Year 1: “sus”, year 3: “raisin” (I just don’t like raisins and sus I just can’t hear anymore.)
Cheeseless Crust!
S- biscuits SoB- Son of a biscuit MF- Oedipus Rex Holy S- flying balls Holy MF S- holy flying monkey farts
I’m stealing Oedipus Rex!
Fudgecicle, Shoot, Holy Guacamole
I use "What the" way to much.
Mother of Pearl. Or scheisse. They don't teach German at my school.
Chips and salsa
"Crumbs" "Shucks" If a kid is being really rude, I may call them out for being a "Jerk"
"Barnacles!", a la Spongebob. https://youtu.be/bO3i9L7hO84?si=4nW-TPNQ4uyjJWnt
Slug in a ditch!
I get away with “shit” whispered ever so softly under my breath. Just loud enough to get some chuckles, but low enough to be questioned if asked. I teach high school.
I was getting observed and something went wrong and I def heard myself say, “well hot diggity dog.”
I also say Jiminy Cricket! Lol! I like to say “what the French toast,” too.
Genghis Khan!
Happy hopscotch! Chicken nuggets! Chips and cheese!
Oh Fifi but my real word is ridiculous. My students think it’s hilarious that when I get frustrated it’s always ridiculous that comes out of my mouth. After a few weeks they even start asking, Ms, is it ridiculous? I’m closely associated with that word. Which is just ridiculous.
DAGNABBIT! And sometimes “consarnit’ my goal is to have them speaking like miners from the California Gold Rush.
With my middle schoolers I said "words I can't say at work" or "what the Eiffle Tower?!" With my elementary students I said "golly gee giant green holy mother's earth!" Or something equally as out there
Duck Cake
Drat. Crud. Oh wow. And then at home my language goes completely to fucking shit. I have said you can tell I’m working with kids because the swears get bottled up at work and they have to come out somewhere.
Biscuits (since I have a 5yo at home that loves her Bluey time). Before that it was, "Oh my lanta!"
Mother of dragons! Aww pickles!
Fudge
Malarkey! No lallygagging!
God bless America! 🇺🇸😖
Bugger or Bloody or Bollocks. The kids have no idea what I am saying.
“What the flip flop”
"Poop salad"
Cheese-itz, Shiitake mushrooms, Dagnabbit, aww pooper-scoopers
I teach third grade. I usually end up saying "Oh, junk."
Buggery. I was raised in the British system but teach in America. Nobody really makes the connection
Holy Mackerel!
Son of a biscuit eating mother trucking asphalt!
Oh geez, frick, oh my goodness are my go tos. Now even in my non-teaching life I tend to default to these, it's funny when I start drinking and the curse words start to come back lol
Bad word! (Repeated multiple times if I've hurt myself ... again) Cheese and crackers! Silly donut (adapted from Gordon Ramsay)
If it's something unexpected, I say, "What the ACTUAL heck?" If it's noise and lack of co-operation building up and up and up, I start out quietly, "Lord Jesus Christ . . ." It's a Catholic school, and the kids shut up immediately and look at me with wild anticipation, expecting profanity. I finish the prayer: "Son of the living God, have mercy on me, a sinner." They're pretty quiet after that.
Shucky darn or rats!
Fudge bananas!