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Substitutes include "a stronger version of the phrase ‘gol darn'."

This post originally appeared on Strong Language, a sweary blog about swearing.

‘I remember getting this overwhelming feeling of, thank God I didn’t’ — here he used an expletive, the equivalent of mess up — ‘anybody over for this,’ he said, laughing.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/03/movies/matt-damon-you-could-call-him-down-to-earth.html

#matt damon

‘That’s the bad [expletive].’

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/03/arts/music/kendrick-lamar-on-a-year-of-knowing-what-matters.html

#kendrick lamar #hip-hop

Before leaving immediately, as the N.B.A.’s rules stipulate, he followed Kennedy around the court and reportedly called him a ‘[expletive] faggot.’

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/03/magazine/why-self-identifying-is-different-from-coming-out.html

#rajon rondo #nba #bill kennedy

‘The Islamists would write during Ramadan that fasting is very good for health, that it creates new brain cells, and I would write back, “This is [expletive],” ’ he told me.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/03/magazine/the-price-of-secularism-in-bangladesh.html

#asif mohiuddin #bangladesh

Then Mr. Alford heard a shouted profanity from the other end of the line — the clearest sign of interest he had heard yet, he says.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/27/business/dealbook/the-unsung-tax-agent-who-put-a-face-on-the-silk-road.html

#silk road #gary alford #ross ulbricht

How many times do I have to say that it’s a Quentin Tarantino movie?

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/25/movies/review-quentin-tarantinos-the-hateful-eight-blends-verbiage-and-violence.html

#quentin tarantino #the hateful eight

‘The rock stars of ’70s were really [expletive].’

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/27/arts/music/heres-a-brand-name-scooter-braun.html

#scooter braun

But a few seconds in, the camera pulled back to reveal the contributor Mike Yard, who shouted: ‘I can’t do it. It’s just not funny anymore, Larry. I mean, this man is an abomination of a human being,’ adding a four-letter kiss-off for emphasis.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/23/arts/television/for-larry-wilmore-a-wagging-finger-replaces-a-wink-on-the-nightly-show.html

#larry wilmore #mike yard #Donald Trump

Addressing Trooper Encinia with an expletive, Ms. Bland said, ‘I got epilepsy.’

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/22/us/grand-jury-finds-no-felony-committed-by-jailers-in-death-of-sandra-bland.html

#sandra bland

‘You ask her why she cut her penis off?’ he asked, using a more vulgar term.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/13/opinion/sunday/what-i-learned-in-the-locker-room.html

(For one thing, my girlfriend’s cousin actually used it to send her a message last weekend, although what he said was largely unprintable.)

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/20/nyregion/new-app-is-a-21st-century-walkie-talkie.html

#roger

The song is angry, catchy and full of profanity and violent images.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/21/us/politics/hip-hop-stars-support-mississippi-rapper-in-first-amendment-case.html

#taylor bell #hiphop #t-bizzle #supreme court

Sitting beside Taylor on a sofa, he shouted an expletive.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/19/sports/football/cowboys-owner-jerry-jones-wows-those-gathered-at-the-fifty.html

#gene jones #jerry jones #johnny chambers #elizabeth taylor #dallas cowboys

It was too crude to reproduce here, and anyway, I’ve learned not to try.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/20/magazine/letter-of-recommendation-joke-dollar.html

#joke dollar

I’m going to be at the courtyard tomorrow and I’m going to beat the [expletive] out of you, that’s basically what’s going to happen.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/17/business/what-happened-when-a-teenager-joined-martin-shkreli-on-a-live-stream.html

#hunter college high school #martin shkreli

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