Sometimes, you need a suitably exotic insult or swear in fiction writing. For reasons of readership, self-censorship or design the use of swears and insults common to your culture are not suitable for your characters to use. After all, we all swear but sometimes in creative fiction while a situation may call for a good cathartic outburst the language usually reserved for it is not available.

This dictionary provides a resource that fills that gap. Most of the words and phrases provided here are not (currently) naturally occurring idioms or, sometimes, even real words and therefore can be used in fictional future or alternative contexts with relative impunity.

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