Expletive is a @#^$(*@% term in linguistics for a #@$%&$&! meaningless word filling a ~$#**$@#%!@#$ syntactic vacancy (syntactic expletives). Rather than actually meaning something in itself, it suggests the strength of feeling, usually anger or irritation, but sometimes admiration, etc. Meaningless uses of inoffensive words are seldom referred to as "expletive", but do technically count. Europa has some expletives and expressions unique to their use as well as the ones we're used to. They are listed below with who said them:
Expletive | Name | Comic |
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Mon dieu! | Hugo Glassvitch | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
Mon dieu! | Hugo Glassvitch | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
Mon dieu! | Fashion Clank | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
Mein gott! | Theo DuMedd as Lucrezia[1] | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
Dios | Unnamed doctor | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
Good Lord | Countess Marie | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
Good Lord | Carson von Mekkhan | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
B'god | Captain Radio-Hat | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
Götterdämmerung! | Klaus Wulfenbach | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
Gott's little feesh in trousers! | Minsk | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
Gott's leedle feesh in trousers! | Mamma Gkika | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
Good heavens | Klaus Wulfenbach | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
Good heavens | Boris Dolokhov | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
Great heavens | Carson von Mekkhan | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
Great heavens | Doctor Sun | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
Great heavens | Klaus Wulfenbach | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
Good heavens | Tarvek Sturmvoraus | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
What the hell | Tiktoffen | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
Blast it | Tarsus Beetle | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
Blast it | Tarsus Beetle | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
Blast | Zola Malfeazium | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
Red fire | Klaus Wulfenbach | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
Red fire | Sergeant Zuli | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
Drat | Klaus Wulfenbach | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
Drat | Othar Tryggvassen | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
Dem | Jäger | UnnamedError: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
Damn | Klaus Wulfenbach | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
Damn | Bangladesh DuPree | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
Damnation | Gilgamesh Wulfenbach | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
By damn! | Carson von Mekkhan | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
Confound it | Gilgamesh Wulfenbach | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
For pity's sake | Klaus Wulfenbach | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
Sweet lightning. | Tarvek Sturmvoraus | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
Sweet lightning! | Abner | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
Sweet lightning! | Moloch von Zinzer | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
What on— | Agatha Heterodyne | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
Sweet lightning! | Agatha Heterodyne | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
Suffering sanddragons! | Wilhelm Diamant | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
Dear me | Castle Heterodyne[2] | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
Oh, dear. | Castle Heterodyne | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
Oh, dear. | Castle Heterodyne | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
Bloody | Unnamed assassin | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
By Gwangi! | Zeetha | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
Ashtara above! | Zeetha | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
Ashtara's toerings! | Zeetha | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
Jeez | Agatha Heterodyne | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
Jeez | Krosp | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
Jeez | Unnamed Wulfenbach soldier | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
Jeez | Violetta | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
Jeez | Vespiary Squad member | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
Daughter of thunder! | Moloch von Zinzer | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
The heck | Moloch von Zinzer | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
Oh my gosh! | Moloch von Zinzer | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
[3] | Pull the rip panelairman Keller | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
I don't give a bent gear | Duke Strinbeck | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
Get wound! | Gilgamesh Wulfenbach | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
Get wound. | Itto Wheelwright | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
Freefalling hell | Kraddok | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
Geargrit | Moloch von Zinzer | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
By de Name — | Ognian | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
Thank God. | Tarvek Sturmvoraus | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
Curses! | Gilgamesh Wulfenbach | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
Wow! | various | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
—the Devil?! | Wulfenbach troops captain | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
Good Lord | Grantz | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
Madre de Diodes | Professor Diaz | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
Holy Smoke! | Moloch von Zinzer | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
—may her bones burn green | Von Pinn | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
Rigger Rats! | Sleipnir O’Hara | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
Blue fire! | Tarvek Sturmvoraus | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
What the devil was that all about? | Madame Olga | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
I don't give a damn about... | Baron Wulfenbach | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
what's—OW! | Unnamed soldier | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
Die slowly like the miserable rats you are! | Agatha Heterodyne | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
Hoka hey! We're still alive! | Thundering Engine Woman | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
By Ashtara's holy daggers... | Zeetha | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
you filthy thief of souls... | Von Pinn/Otilia | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
what in crackthunder is... | unnamed Wulfenbach? soldier | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. [[Chronology - Volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator.#Error: Invalid time.|✣ ]] |
References
- ↑ In the story The Dragon from Mars.
- ↑ Through the Throne of Faustus Heterodyne.
- ↑ In ballooning (and presumably also true for airships) a rip panel allows for the rapid release of the balloon's contents. In other words
"lose the hot air".