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* In ''Webcomic/MyDictatorBoyfriend'', the titular dictator and his boyfriend, Immanuel and JJ respectively, schedule "Executive Time" for romantic interludes.
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* ''Webcomic/BlankIt'' brings us 'chipbiting milkdipper' [[http://blankitcomics.com/calls-em-like-he-sees-em/]]

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* ''Webcomic/BlankIt'' brings us 'chipbiting milkdipper' [[http://blankitcomics.com/calls-em-like-he-sees-em/]]com/calls-em-like-he-sees-em/ "chipbiting milkdipper"]].



** [[OlderThanTheyThink Which originates from]] ''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}!''.

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** This expression [[OlderThanTheyThink Which originates from]] ''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}!''.



* In the Jenniverse, starting with ''Webcomic/UnicornJelly'', odd runes were used where the offending words were used, but a more common and understandable version was the multi-purpose 'Farg'. Since the language they spoke was supposed to be a compromise of mostly english and some other languages, [[JustifiedTrope this makes sense]].

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* In the Jenniverse, starting with ''Webcomic/UnicornJelly'', odd runes were used where the offending words were used, but a more common and understandable version was the multi-purpose 'Farg'. Since the language they spoke was supposed to be a compromise of mostly english English and some other languages, [[JustifiedTrope this makes sense]].



** [[http://pasteldefender.com/026.html Or, considering the quality of JDR's other make'em-up words, maybe she's just making it up in the most half-assed manner possible.]]

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** [[http://pasteldefender.com/026.html Or, considering the quality of JDR's other make'em-up made-up words, maybe she's just making it up in the most half-assed manner possible.]]



* ''Webcomic/DanAndMabsFurryAdventures'' uses the word "frig" a lot (especially Dan). Which is also a real-world euphemism. Mab, on the other hand, yells "Friggernaffy!"

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* ''Webcomic/DanAndMabsFurryAdventures'' uses In ''Webcomic/DanAndMabsFurryAdventures'', the word "frig" a lot characters (especially Dan). Which Dan) often use the word "frig", which is also a real-world euphemism. Mab, on the other hand, yells "Friggernaffy!"
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* ''Webcomic/TwentyFirststCenturyFox'': Jack's favorite seems to be "Johnny Freakinouter".

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* ''Webcomic/21stCenturyFox'': Jack's favorite seems to be "Johnny Freakinouter".

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* ''Webcomic/21stCenturyFox'': ''Webcomic/TwentyFirststCenturyFox'': Jack's favorite seems to be "Johnny Freakinouter".
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* ''Webcomic/21stCenturyFox'': Jack's favorite seems to be "Johnny Freakinouter".
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* Both played straight and inverted in ''Webcomic/TheNoordegraafFiles''. While the comic usually just censors swearing with the usual "crap" for "shit, or "rear" for "ass", terms for anything of a sexual nature are left as euphemistic phrases. Examples include "talking at night" for "having sex", "how close are you" for "have you had sex yet" ,and "other things" for [[spoiler: rape]]. The one case that this isn't the case is when people describe [[TheTease Akila]] as a nymph - yes, she does [[ReallyGetsAround really get around]], and she is very flirtatious, but she ''is'' an actual nymph - she's a [[NatureSpirit Nereid]].
** The comic has also used "Talent" in the AltText as a euphemism for [[BuxomIsBetter "having large breasts"]], as a ShoutOut to ''Anime/SailorMoon''.
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** Shortly after [[http://www.gogetaroomie.com/index.php?id=246 this exchange]], Roomie uses [[http://www.gogetaroomie.com/index.php?id=248 "a tree"]] as one.
** Later, when Roomie is [[http://www.gogetaroomie.com/index.php?id=261 comparing Lillian and herself to two different kinds of beer,]] Lillian asks "...so how many friends are 'drunk' with you?"

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** Shortly after [[http://www.[[https://web.archive.org/web/20140721115358/http://www.gogetaroomie.com/index.php?id=246 this exchange]], Roomie uses [[http://www.[[https://web.archive.org/web/20140721115358/http://www.gogetaroomie.com/index.php?id=248 "a tree"]] as one.
** Later, when Roomie is [[http://www.[[https://web.archive.org/web/20140721110650/http://www.gogetaroomie.com/index.php?id=261 comparing Lillian and herself to two different kinds of beer,]] Lillian asks "...so how many friends are 'drunk' with you?"
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* ''Save Hiatus'' has [[http://savehiatus.com/04/28/2008/time-for-a-colorful-metaphor/ a strip]] where Ven goes on a ClusterFBomb rant without using any actual swear words, just various sci-fi and fantasy [[UnusualEuphemism Unusual Euphemisms]].

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* ''Save Hiatus'' has [[http://savehiatus.com/04/28/2008/time-for-a-colorful-metaphor/ a strip]] strip where Ven goes on a ClusterFBomb rant without using any actual swear words, just various sci-fi and fantasy [[UnusualEuphemism Unusual Euphemisms]].{{Unusual Euphemism}}s.
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* ''Webcomic/PolkOut'' example: [[http://www.polkout.com/PraguePolk12.png]]
* In ''Webcomic/{{Rhapsodies}}'' Brian accuses his sister and business partner of wanting to go to a fancy dress gala so she could find men [[http://rhapsodies.wpmorse.com/comic/11032010/ "to play horsey with"]]
** In the [[CelestialBureaucracy Department of Minor Nuisances]] the official term for such things is [[http://rhapsodies.wpmorse.com/comic/01102013/ "Mutual Experience"]]
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* In ''Webcomic/ParanormalMysterySquad'' Stephanie [[http://www.vampirecheerleaders.net/strips-vc/it_just_happened asked]] Katie whether she "double clicked her mouse", with everyone snickering.

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* ''Badly Drawn Webcomic'' takes this to the logical extreme in ''[[http://www.drunkduck.com/Badly_Drawn_Webcomic/index.php?p=523976 this]]'' strip.



* In ''Webcomic/{{Loserz}}'' strip [[http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/438 here]], "butt-noses". Almost adorable, isn't it?

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* In ''Webcomic/{{Loserz}}'' strip [[http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/438 [[https://web.archive.org/web/20121229130505/http://the-qlc.com:80/loserz/go/438 here]], "butt-noses". Almost adorable, isn't it?
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* ''Webcomic/TheComicAdventuresOfLeftAndRight'': Subverted in "[[http://lr-comic.com/494 Crops]]"

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* ''Webcomic/TheComicAdventuresOfLeftAndRight'': Subverted in "[[http://lr-comic.com/494 Crops]]"----
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* A spoof cover "Warriors #4" ([[TakeThat "Wonder Woman has a date!"]]) by Axel Medellin. Generic Valkyrie, possibly Sif, to WW: "Are you sure that you want to show your 'Valhallas' on the first date?"

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* A spoof cover "Warriors #4" ([[TakeThat "Wonder Woman has a date!"]]) by Axel Medellin. Generic Valkyrie, possibly Sif, to WW: "Are you sure that you want to show your 'Valhallas' on the first date?"date?"
* ''Webcomic/TheComicAdventuresOfLeftAndRight'': Subverted in "[[http://lr-comic.com/494 Crops]]"
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*** In one particular case, it did allow for an... extension, as the phrase "Ah, rusty hullnuts."
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* We get the amusing "poofers" in the webcomic ''Webcomic/HamstaPowah''. The idea behind the word is that, due to the fall of humanity and small creatures artificially evolving as the new intelligent race (so far, hamster, mice, rat, squirrel, and rabbit furries have been seen), new swear words have popped up. "Poofers" translates to "crap" or "shit" when used in conjunction with disapointment at something happening. A notable example is when Sam said "Oh, poofers" before being hit with the tornado from Hiate's [[CallingYourAttacks Sky's Fury]] summon.

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* We get the amusing "poofers" in the webcomic ''Webcomic/HamstaPowah''. The idea behind the word is that, due to the fall of humanity and small creatures artificially evolving as the new intelligent race (so far, hamster, mice, rat, squirrel, and rabbit furries have been seen), new swear words have popped up. "Poofers" translates to "crap" or "shit" when used in conjunction with disapointment disappointment at something happening. A notable example is when Sam said "Oh, poofers" before being hit with the tornado from Hiate's [[CallingYourAttacks Sky's Fury]] summon.
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* In one strip of ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' Grace and Sarah are talking about Sarah and Elliot "getting a room". The title of the strip "clarifies" that they are referring to "playing boardgames". "Playing boardgames" has now become a euphemism used by the EGS fandom. Considering how EGS has also mentioned at various points [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2002-03-15 "Strip Scrabble"]], [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2003-04-23 naked games of Twister]], and the "[[http://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/?date=2004-07-15 Best. Card.]] ''[[http://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/?date=2004-07-15 Ever!]]''", this euphemism is not unjustified.

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* In one strip of ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' Grace and Sarah are talking about Sarah and Elliot "getting a room". The title of the strip "clarifies" that they are referring to "playing boardgames". "Playing boardgames" has now become a euphemism used by the EGS fandom. Considering how EGS has also mentioned at various points [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2002-03-15 "Strip Scrabble"]], [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2003-04-23 naked games of Twister]], and the "[[http://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/?date=2004-07-15 Best. Card.]] ''[[http://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/?date=2004-07-15 com/egsnp.php?id=73 Ever!]]''", this euphemism is not unjustified.
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* In ''Webcomic/EvilInc'', "Thwarting" is code for [[DatingCatwoman hero/villain hookups]]. Various male heroes have gained a reputation for [[SexGod "giving good thwart."]]
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* Piro and Largo from ''Webcomic/MegaTokyo'' say "Fsck!", which is a UNIX command that scans the hard drives for errors and fixes them. Since its usage is [[http://catb.org/esr/jargon/html/F/fscking.html common in hacker culture]], this insult makes sense, since Megatokyo features a lot of influence from the hacker culture.

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* Piro and Largo from ''Webcomic/MegaTokyo'' say "Fsck!", which is a UNIX command that scans the hard drives for errors and fixes them.them (e.g. typing "fsck -y /dev/sda1" on a Linux terminal is basically equivalent to typing "chkdsk /f C:" on a Windows command prompt). Since its usage is [[http://catb.org/esr/jargon/html/F/fscking.html common in hacker culture]], this insult makes sense, since Megatokyo features a lot of influence from the hacker culture.

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* Carrie from ''Webcomic/EverydayHeroes'' tries not to swear since she's a religious girl. However, she is occasionally known to exclaim, "Saint Francis University!" [[spoiler: St. F. U.]]* Cardinal in ''FindersKeepers'' uses "Compass and Cross!" as an exclamation of shock and frustration in lieu of swearing. Cailyn, on the other hand, drops regular old-fashioned F-bombs when she's stressed.

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* Carrie from ''Webcomic/EverydayHeroes'' tries not to swear since she's a religious girl. However, she is occasionally known to exclaim, "Saint Francis University!" [[spoiler: St. F. U.]]* ]]
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Cardinal in ''FindersKeepers'' ''Webcomic/FindersKeepers'' uses "Compass and Cross!" as an exclamation of shock and frustration in lieu of swearing. Cailyn, on the other hand, drops regular old-fashioned F-bombs when she's stressed.
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* Toward the end of ''WebComic/SabrinaOnline'', during a FlashForward arc, 21-year-old Tabitha muses about [[http://sabrina-online.com/strips/SabOnline766.GIF wanting 16-year-old Timmy to "push [her] around the yard"]] after seeing him nowing his yard. When Sabrina mentions the age difference might make it illegal, [[JailBaitWait Tabitha says she's willing to wait for him]].

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* Toward the end of ''WebComic/SabrinaOnline'', during a FlashForward arc, 21-year-old Tabitha muses about [[http://sabrina-online.com/strips/SabOnline766.GIF wanting 16-year-old Timmy to "push [her] around the yard"]] after seeing him nowing mowing his yard. When Sabrina mentions the age difference might make it illegal, [[JailBaitWait Tabitha says she's willing to wait for him]].
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* Toward the end of ''WebComic/SabrinaOnline'', during a FlashForward arc, 21-year-old Tabitha muses about wanting 16-year-old Timmy to "push [her] around the yard" after seeing him nowing his yard. When Sabrina mentions the age difference might make it illegal, [[JailBaitWait Tabitha says she's willing to wait for him]].

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* Toward the end of ''WebComic/SabrinaOnline'', during a FlashForward arc, 21-year-old Tabitha muses about wanting 16-year-old Timmy to "push [her] around the yard" after seeing him nowing his yard. When Sabrina mentions the age difference might make it illegal, [[JailBaitWait Tabitha says she's willing to wait for him]].

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** [[http://pasteldefender.com/026.html Or, considering the quality of JDR's other make'em-up words,]] [[TheyJustDidntCare maybe she's just making it up in the most half-assed manner possible.]]

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* ''Webcomic/{{Gloomverse}}'':
-->'''Cake Girl''': Who even-- '''How dare you!! You know who I am you stuck up fudgenucker!!'''
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* This is yet another unintentionally hilarious element of Christian Weston Chandler's [[SarcasmMode critically acclaimed masterpiece]] ''Webcomic/{{Sonichu}}''. There are too many examples to list, but suffice it to say that the comic basically has its own vernacular based on the author's unusual usage of English. Examples include "pickle" for penis, "China" for vagina, and "raincoat" for condom. [[TheWikiRule The CWCki]] [[http://sonichu.com/cwcki/CWC-isms has numerous pages about the words Chris comes up with]], [[SchmuckBait if you're]] ''[[SchmuckBait really]]'' [[SchmuckBait interested]].

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* This is yet another [[{{Narm}} unintentionally hilarious element element]] of Christian Weston Chandler's [[SarcasmMode critically acclaimed masterpiece]] ''Webcomic/{{Sonichu}}''. There are too many examples to list, but suffice it to say that the comic basically has its own vernacular based on the author's unusual usage of English. Examples include "pickle" for penis, "China" for vagina, and "raincoat" for condom. [[TheWikiRule The CWCki]] [[http://sonichu.com/cwcki/CWC-isms has numerous pages about the words Chris comes up with]], [[SchmuckBait if you're]] ''[[SchmuckBait really]]'' [[SchmuckBait interested]].
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* This is yet another unintentionally hilarious element of Christian Chandler's [[SarcasmMode critically acclaimed masterpiece]] ''Webcomic/{{Sonichu}}''. There are too many examples to list, but suffice it to say that the comic basically has its own vernacular based on the author's unusual usage of English. Examples include "Pickle" and "China" to reference specific parts of the male and female anatomies, respectively.

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* This is yet another unintentionally hilarious element of Christian Weston Chandler's [[SarcasmMode critically acclaimed masterpiece]] ''Webcomic/{{Sonichu}}''. There are too many examples to list, but suffice it to say that the comic basically has its own vernacular based on the author's unusual usage of English. Examples include "Pickle" and "pickle" for penis, "China" to reference specific parts of for vagina, and "raincoat" for condom. [[TheWikiRule The CWCki]] [[http://sonichu.com/cwcki/CWC-isms has numerous pages about the male and female anatomies, respectively. words Chris comes up with]], [[SchmuckBait if you're]] ''[[SchmuckBait really]]'' [[SchmuckBait interested]].

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* ''Webcomic/OneOverZero'' lifted its first character, "Barnacle" Jones, from the comic Absolute Tripe, which introduced him as "the first man in history to seal a fart in a mason jar". The jar came along with Jones, though 1/0 never shows it in-panel. Later in the strip, characters begin using "Jar Breeze" as profanity.
** Junior attempted to use [[NoFourthWall the author's name]] (Tailsteak) as a curse word for a period of time because he reasoned that the author can't bleep out his own name.



* ''Webcomic/NeonIceCreamHeadache'' has several odd terms for drug use, such as "Raking the leaves off the neighbor's lawn", "Sipping ice tea from a Chinese slipper", "Waking up with Winston Churchill", and "Crushing a tiny porcelain poodle with your bare hands".



* The comic ''Webcomic/OneOverZero'' lifted its first character, "Barnacle" Jones, from the comic Absolute Tripe, which introduced him as "the first man in history to seal a fart in a mason jar". The jar came along with Jones, though 1/0 never shows it in-panel. Later in the strip, characters begin using "Jar Breeze" as profanity.
** Junior attempted to use [[NoFourthWall the author's name]] (Tailsteak) as a curse word for a period of time because he reasoned that the author can't bleep out his own name.



* In ''Webcomic/{{Rhapsodies}}'' Brian accuses his sister and business partner of wanting to go to a fancy dress gala so she could find men [[http://rhapsodies.wpmorse.com/comic/11032010/ "to play horsey with"]]
** In the [[CelestialBureaucracy Department of Minor Nuisances]] the official term for such things is [[http://rhapsodies.wpmorse.com/comic/01102013/ "Mutual Experience"]]



* A spoof cover "Warriors #4" ([[TakeThat "Wonder Woman has a date!"]]) by Axel Medellin. Generic Valkyrie, possibly Sif, to WW: "Are you sure that you want to show your 'Valhallas' on the first date?"
* In ''Webcomic/{{Rhapsodies}}'' Brian accuses his sister and business partner of wanting to go to a fancy dress gala so she could find men [[http://rhapsodies.wpmorse.com/comic/11032010/ "to play horsey with"]]
** In the [[CelestialBureaucracy Department of Minor Nuisances]] the official term for such things is [[http://rhapsodies.wpmorse.com/comic/01102013/ "Mutual Experience"]]
* ''Webcomic/NeonIceCreamHeadache'' has several odd terms for drug use, such as "Raking the leaves off the neighbor's lawn", "Sipping ice tea from a Chinese slipper", "Waking up with Winston Churchill", and "Crushing a tiny porcelain poodle with your bare hands".

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* A spoof cover "Warriors #4" ([[TakeThat "Wonder Woman has a date!"]]) by Axel Medellin. Generic Valkyrie, possibly Sif, to WW: "Are you sure that you want to show your 'Valhallas' on the first date?"
* In ''Webcomic/{{Rhapsodies}}'' Brian accuses his sister and business partner of wanting to go to a fancy dress gala so she could find men [[http://rhapsodies.wpmorse.com/comic/11032010/ "to play horsey with"]]
** In the [[CelestialBureaucracy Department of Minor Nuisances]] the official term for such things is [[http://rhapsodies.wpmorse.com/comic/01102013/ "Mutual Experience"]]
* ''Webcomic/NeonIceCreamHeadache'' has several odd terms for drug use, such as "Raking the leaves off the neighbor's lawn", "Sipping ice tea from a Chinese slipper", "Waking up with Winston Churchill", and "Crushing a tiny porcelain poodle with your bare hands".
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