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Basic Profanity[edit]

  • Bantha - A large, slow-moving hairy quadruped; an insult connoting the characteristics of such a creature, as in, "You brainless, lice-ridden bantha" (Knights of the Old Republic).
  • Bantha Brain - An insult indicating one has the intelligence of the slow-moving Bantha ("Goatgrass: The Tale of Ree-Yees," Tales From Jabba's Palace).
  • Bantha Fodder! - An exclamation. The word "fodder," meaning food for livestock, has likely been contaminated in this instance by the double-meaning of the Huttese word Poodoo (New Jedi Order: Star by Star, Return of the Jedi).
  • Bantha Sweat - A colorful description used to demean something, as in "That planet is a ball of bantha sweat" (Darth Bane: Path of Destruction).
  • Blast! - An adaptable expletive, the equivalent of "shoot!" or "damn!" (A New Hope).
  • Blaster Bolts! - An interjection (Young Jedi Knights series).
  • Bloah - An interjection, used independently and as part of longer exclamations, such as "What the Bloah?" (Tatooine Ghost, Dark Nest: The Joiner King).
  • Bludfly - An insult referring to a form of insect ("Lando's Commandoes: On Eagles' Wings," Tales #5).
  • Borked - An adaptable expletive; see Farkled and the other "F" Words (Galaxies).
  • Broggle - An unspecified act, often used to denote surprise, as in "I'll be broggled" (Outbound Flight).
  • Bug-lover - A low-level insult often directed toward children (Ewoks: The Battle for Endor).
  • By the abyss - An exclamation (Clone Wars Vol. 6).
  • By the Core! - An exclamation (The Lando Calrissian Adventures).
  • By the Dawn Wind - A S'kytri exclamation (Classic Star Wars: A Long Time Ago... Vol. 1).
  • By the Force! - An exclamation (Marvel Comics #89).
  • By the Original Light - An exclamation (Han Solo at Stars' End).
  • By the red seas of Knores... A curse (The Politics of Contraband).
  • By the stars - An exclamation, often accompanied by elaboration for empahsis, as in, By the pitiless stars and By the black stars (Classic Star Wars: A Long Time Ago... Vol. 1, Yoda: Dark Rendezvous).
  • By the Twi'lek Goddess - An exclamation (Tales of the Jedi audio drama).
  • Byss' Blind Eye! - An exclamation of the one-eyed Abyssin, it refers to their homeworld, rather than the Deep Core planet by the same name ("Ghost," Tales Vol. 3).
  • Can of corrosion - An insult (Dark Nest: The Joiner King).
  • Can of Shellac - An insult, referring to some crude substance in canned form (Qui-Gon & Obi-Wan: Aurorient Express)
  • Cantina rat - An insult directed toward bar loungers (Knights of the Old Republic).
  • Carbon flush! - An exclamation (Emissary of the Void).
  • Carbon-scored - A derogatory modifier used among droids, as in, "You carbon-scored cry-baby!" (Marve Comics #31, "Doom Mission").
  • Chuff-sucking Leech - An insult, likely referring to the habit of some species of annelid. Jabba was referred to as a chuff-sucking leech for his appearance, his moral character, or both ("Goatgrass: The Tale of Ree-Yees," Tales From Jabba's Palace).
  • Circuit-brain - An insult directed at droids (Dark Nest: The Joiner King).
  • Core-slime - An insult directed toward inhabitants of the Core Worlds (Knights of the Old Republic).
  • Dark Side Take You - A curse (Wretched Hives of Scum and Villainy).
  • Dar'yaim - Literally Mandalorian for "not home," it is the equivalent of "hell" in some dialects ("Mandalorians: Culture and Language," Star Wars Insider #87).
  • Di'kut - Mandalorian for a fool. Di'kute in plural form (Republic Commando: Hard contact, "Omega Squad: Targets" Insider #81).
  • Doellin's Triple Teats! - A Gran exclamation, referring to the species' doe-like goddess ("Goatgrass: The Tale of Ree-Yees," Tales From Jabba's Palace).
  • Double-spawner - An Ishi Tib insult for an unfaithful spouse or lover; a two-timer (Dark Nest: The Joiner King).
  • Druk - An obscenity used in conjunction with other words for emphasis, as in "A drukload of stormtroopers" (Star Wars Tales Vol. 4, "Kessel Run").
  • Dubesor - An insult on Antipose XII (Lando Calrissian and the Flamewind of Oseon).
  • Dungcreeper - An insult, referring to a vile creature (Jedi Quest: The Final Showdown). See lylek-dung grubber.
  • Durned - A derogatory modifier (Republic #62: No Man's Land).
  • Dustcrust - An insult, possibly of Ewok origin (Dark Nest: The Unseen Queen).
  • Dwarfnut - Neimoidian for a fool (Galactic Phrase Book & Travel Guide).
  • Dyeesh - An interjection (Rookies: Rendezvous).
  • Emperor's Black Bones! - An exclamation (X-Wing novels).
  • Emperor's Black Heart - A derogatory modifier (I, Jedi), as in, "What in the Emperor's Black Heart...?"
  • Fangface - An insulting nickname for members of the buck-toothed Aqualish race (Dark Nest: The Joiner King). See also Hammerhead and Prune Face.
  • For galaxy's sake - An exclamation (Jedi Quest: The Moment of Truth).
  • Frakkin - A derogatory modifier (Legacy Vol. 1: Broken).
  • Frizz - (Verb form: Frizzle). An adaptable expletive, it is commonly used as part of an exclamation or a derogatory modifier. (Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader, Outbound Flight). See also Frizzle.
  • Frizzle - Possibly the verbal form of Frizz or some derivative thereof, it denotes an act of betrayal, as in "You frizzled me!"; to screw-over (Outbound Flight).
  • Full-feathered - A derogatory modifier, as in "I look like a full-feathered idiot." (Jedi Quest: Changing of the Guard).
  • Gfersh - An adaptable expletive, likely Rodian in origin, as in "What the gfersh is this?" (Galaxy Guide 11: Criminal Organizations).
  • Gonk - A droid curse, as in "Gonk me," derived from the sound a GNK droid makes (Clone Wars Adventures Vol. 7).
  • Good novas! - An exclamation (Rookies: Rendezvous).
  • Gorple zo-zo - An offensive alien curse (The Pirates of Tarnoonga: A Droid Adventure).
  • Gravel maggot - An insult, referring to a species of worm that feeds on rotting flesh indigenous to the hills and rocky badlands of Tatooine (Galaxy Guide 7: Mos Eisley, A Guide to the Star Wars Universe, 1st Edition).
  • Great Gobs of Bantha Poodoo! - An exclamation (The Phantom Menace novelization).
  • Haja - A curse (The Approaching Storm).
  • Hammerhead - An insulting nickname for members of the Ithorian race (A New Hope, Jedi Academy Trilogy: Dark Apprentice, Star Wars Sourcebook). See also Fangface and Prune Face.
  • Holy Sith! - An interjection (Galactic Battlegrounds).
  • Holy Womp Rats - An exclamation (Star Wars #27, "Starcrash").
  • Hutt Slime! - An exclamation; also "Huttslime" (New Jedi Order: Balance Point, Dark Nest: The Joiner King).
  • Hutt-spawn - An insult, regardless of one's species (Knights of the Old Republic).
  • In the name of crushing black holes - An exclamation (Yoda: Dark Rendezvous).
  • Jango's Bones - An exclamation used among Republic clone troopers, referring to their deceased donor, bounty hunter Jango Fett (Reversal of Fortune).
  • Kanushka - A Kubaz exclamation (MedStar: Battle Surgeons).
  • Kark! - An adaptable expletive; also Kark on you! (Republic #66, Clone Wars Vol. 5 and Vol. 6).
  • Kiss My Asteroid - A pejorative request ("Skreej," Tales Vol. 3).
  • Kiss My Wookiee - A pejorative request (The Courtship of Princess Leia). Note that this double entendre adds another layer to Leia and Han's exchange in the Empire Strikes Back. Leia: "I'd just as soon kiss a * Wookiee"; Han: "I can arrange that."
  • Kath-mutt - An insult; see son-of-a-kath-hound (Darth Bane: Path of Destruction).
  • Kriffing - A derogatory modifier (Vision of the Future).
  • Ktah! - A rare Chiss curse (Force Heretic: Refugee).
  • Krazzsch - A Riilebi derogatory modifier ("Rendezvous With Destiny," Adventure Journal #6).
  • Kreetle - An insult, referring to a kind of parasitic insect from Tatooine (Dark Nest: The Joiner King).
  • Krop! - An exclamation, possibly of Gotal origin (Legacy Vol. 1: Broken).
  • Laserbrain - An insult, as in "I don't know where you get your delusions from, laserbrain." (The Empire Strikes Back).
  • Loz noy jitat - A curse ("Medstar: Intermezzo," Star Wars Insider #83).
  • Lurdo - An Ewokese term meaning jerk, dummy, etc. (The Ewok Adventure).
  • Lylek-dung-grubber - An insult, likely referring to an odd habit of the insectoid lylek predator of the planet Ryloth (New Jedi Order: Star by Star, The Essential Guide to Planets and Moons). See dungcreeper.
  • Mattball - An insult directed toward fur-covered creatures, such as Ewoks; a furball (Dark Nest: The Joiner King).
  • Meatbag - An insult popularized by the assassin droid HK-47 in reference to organic life forms (Knights of the Old Republic).
  • Minions of Xendor! - An exclamation (The Lando Calrissian Adventures). This also refers to the followers of the dark sider Xendor during the Jedi conflict known as the First Great Schism.
  • Misery-guts - An insult used to describe an overbearing and trying individual ("Omega Squad: Targets," Insider #81).
  • Monkey-lizard - An insult referring to a diminutive and annoying species of Kowakian beast (Dark Forces: Rebel Agent audio drama, Knights of the Old Republic).
  • Moons and stars - An interjection. See also stars (Jedi Quest: The Final Showdown).
  • Moons of Baroli! - An exclamation (Reversal of Fortune).
  • Moons of Yavin! - An exclamation referring to the many satellites of the gas giant Yavin (Classic Star Wars: A Long Time Ago... Vol. 1).
  • Mradhe Muck - A curse, as in "What the blinkin' mradhe muck is going on here?" (Hand of Thrawn: Specter of the Past).
  • Mudcrutch - An insult referring to some form of lowly creature. Also mudcrutch whelp (Star Wars Republic #55-58: Battle of Jabiim, Darth Bane: Path of Destruction).
  • Murglak - An insult (The Stark Hyperspace War). Most likely a species of foul creature; see Son of a Murglak.
  • Nerfherder - A legitimate occupation on the planet Alderaan; an insult among Alderaanian nobility (The Empire Strikes Back). See Scruffy-looking.
  • Osik - Mandalorian for feces (Republic Commando: Triple Zero).
  • Piece of Dianoga Dung -- A curse ("A Hunter's Fate: Greedo's Tale," Tales From the Mos Eisely Cantina).
  • Prugnuficating - An as yet unknown disgusting act or natural phenomenon; possibly some variation of defecating, putrifying, or both (Jabba the Hutt: The Art of the Deal).
  • Pruneface - An insulting nickname for members of the Dressellian race, possibly popularized by the Rebel SpecForce commando Orrimaarko who took this derogatory description as an alias (Return of the Jedi, Galaxy Guide 12: Aliens -- Enemies and Allies, Ultimate Alien Anthology). See Fangface and Hammerhead.
  • Rankweed sucker - An insult, referring to the pre-processed form of rank, a food with a gummy texture, served in a bucket (Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter, MedStar I: Battle Surgeons, Yoda: Dark Rendezvous).
  • Rockhead - An insult referring to a stubborn or stupid person; bull head. See also ronto-brained (Dark Nest: The Joiner King).
  • Rodder - An adaptable expletive, used as an interjection and as an insult, as in "You stubborn rodder!" (Dark Nest: The Joiner King).
  • Ronto-brained - An insult derived from the perception that the mammoth ronto beast of burden is stubborn due its small brain (Jedi Quest: Changing of the Guard).
  • Rot in Boboqueequee! - A pejorative request, referring to some terrible place (Jabba the Hutt: The Art of the Deal).
  • Schutta - A Twi'leki insult, generally reserved for females (Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords).
  • Scrap-pile - An insult used among and directed at droids, as in "You'll be malfunctioning within a day you near-sighted scrap-pile!" (A New Hope).
  • Scrag-end - An insult (Republic Commando: Hard Contact).
  • Scruffy-looking - A derogatory modifier, as in "You low-down, stuck-up, half-witted, scruffy-looking nerfherder!" (The Empire Strikes Back).
  • Sexless marsh-toad - An insult comparing an individual to a gender-neutral species of amphibian (Knights of the Old Republic).
  • Shavit - A curse (The Hand of Thrawn: Vision of the Future).
  • Shebs - Mandalorian for one's posterior. Plural shebse (Republic Commando: Hard Contact, Triple Zero)
  • Shee - A Haruun Kal curse (Shatterpoint).
  • Short-circuit - An insult directed toward droids, as in "You short-circuit!" (Dark Nest: The Joiner King). See also Circuit-brain.
  • Sith-loving - A derogatory modifier used by Repbulic soldiers during the ancient New Sith Wars, as in "Sith-loving scum" (Darth Bane: Path of Destruction).
  • Sith's blood! - An exclamation (Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords).
  • Sithspawn - An interjection (X-Wing: Rogue Squadron). Note that Sithspawn also refers to a specific kind of creature mutated by Sith magic.
  • Sithspit - An interjection (X-Wing: Rogue Squadron).
  • Skalworm - An insult, referring to some form of annelid, possibly Bothan in origin (Dark Nest: The Unseen Queen).
  • Skloob - Urine or the act of urinating, as in "Technically, you haven't got a receptacle to skloob in" (Han Solo and the Lost Legacy).
  • Skrag - An Old Corellian curse (Adventure Journal #7)
  • Skroggin' - A derogatory modifier (Legacy Vol. 1: Broken).
  • Slag! - An interjection (Shadow Stalker).
  • Slagchucker - An insult (Wretched Hives of Scum and Villainy).
  • Slime dog - An insult, possibly specifying a species of canine (Honor and Duty).
  • Snarkin' - A derogatory modifier (Republic #59: Enemy Lines).
  • Snoigit - A Talz curse (Empire Vol. 5).
  • Son of a Bantha - Used as both an insult and a curse (The Politics of Contraband, Star Wars Insider #89 "Underworld: A Galaxy of Scum and Villainy").
  • Son-of-a-Kath-hound - An insult (Darth Bane: Path of Destruction).
  • Son of a Murglak - An insult (Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords).
  • Son of a Sow - A Gamorrean curse (Planet of Twilight).
  • Space - An adaptable expletive, as in, "Space this!", "Space me!", and "What the space?" (Honor and Duty, Dark Nest: Unseen Queen).
  • Space-slug - An insult, referring to silicon-based gastropods that live in the vacuum of space (The Pirates of Tarnoonga: A Droid Adventure).
  • Spast! - An interjection (Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast).
  • Spawn of a Space Slug - An insult; see space-slug (Domain of Evil).
  • Spawn of Nilgarian Worm - An insult ("Goatgrass: The Tale of Ree-Yees," Tales From Jabba's Palace).
  • Spoggick - An insult, most likely referring to a small animal possibly from Boboqueequee, as in, "Rot in Boboqueequee, you scrunty prugnuficating spoggick!" (Jabba the Hutt: The Art of the Deal).
  • Squark - An adaptable expletive, as in, "Squark that!" (Honor and Duty).
  • Stang! - An Alderaanian curse (Splinter of the Mind's Eye).
  • Stars! - A common interjection. Variations include: Stars and Galaxies!, Stars and novas, Moons and stars!, By the stars!, and For star's sake! (Honor and Duty, Jed Apprentice series, Secrets of the Jedi, Jedi * Quest: Changing of the Guard).
  • Starforsaken - A derogatory modifier (Labyrinth of Evil).
  • Stars' End - A curse, referring to the penal colony located at one of the far ends of the galaxy in the Corporate Sector (Labyrinth of Evil).
  • Stick-in-the-swamp - An insult, referring to someone dull or who avoids trying new things; a stick-in-the-mud (Jedi Quest: The Changing of the Guard).
  • Swamp rat - An insult, possibly referring to the swamp variety of womp rat from the planet Cularin or some other similar wetland rodent (Qui-Gon & Obi-Wan: Aurorient Express).
  • Sweet Gundark - An exclamation (Evasive Action: Recruitment).
  • Sweet Sookie - An exclamation (MedStar: Battle Surgeons).
  • Tarkin's Teeth - An Imperial exclamation, proceeding Grand Moff Tarkin's death (The Hand of Thrawn: Vision of the Future).
  • Tides of the Force - An exclamation (Reversal of Fortune).
  • Tinker-tot - A belittling insult or derogatory modifier, likely tailored for individuals of a mechanical disposition, such as ship engineers. Example: "Shuffle off, you tinker-tot wing nut..." (Qui-Gon & Obi-Wan: Aurorient Express).
  • Tundin' - A derogatory modifier ("Galaxywide NewsNets," Adventure Journal #10).
  • Two-toed swamp-sucker - An insult, likely referring to an actual creature (Droids, "The White Witch").
  • Vench My Skug! - A Huttese exclamation (Podracing Tales).
  • Verre d'n Nocka! - A Kerestian curse (Secrets of the Sisar Run).
  • Verre! - A short version of the previous (Secrets of the Sisar Run).
  • Void-breahting - A derogatory modifier (Dark Nest: The Joiner King).
  • What in the moons of Bogden... - An exclamation (Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader).
  • What in the Nine Moons?! - An exclamation (Classic Star Wars: A Long Time Ago... Vol. 1).
  • What in the three rings of Anstares... - A curse (The Politics of Contraband).
  • Where in the moons... - An exclamation (Rookies: Rendezvous).
  • What in the worlds? - An exclamation (Outbound Flight).
  • What the brix - An exclamation (Outbound Flight).
  • What the garzal - An exclamation (Dark Nest: The Joiner King).
  • What the Hutt... - An exclamation (Qui-Gon & Obi-Wan: Aurorient Express).
  • When the Core goes dark! - An exclamation of disbelief (Dark Nest: The Joiner King).
  • Wobber - Possibly an adaptable expletive, as in "You don't give a wobber!" (Darth Bane: Path of Destruction).
  • Woodrat - An insult, possibly referring to a creature within the forests of the Endor Moon (Ewoks: Battle for Endor).
  • Zucca Pig - An insult, referring to a class of swine (Darth Bane: Path of Destruction).

The 'F' Words[edit]

  • Farkled - An adaptable expletive, as in, "You just got farkled." (Tales 4)
  • Feech - Ewokese for "shoot!" (Caravan of Courage: The Ewok Adventure).
  • Festering - An adaptable expletive (Children of the Jedi, Planet of Twilight).
  • Ferglutz - An interjection (Clone Wars Vol. 5).
  • Fierfek - Huttese for a "hex" or "curse"; mistakenly adopted as a curse word by the rest of the galaxy (Tales From Jabba's Palace).
  • Flaming - A derogatory modifier (The Han Solo Adventures).
  • Frack - An adaptable expletive (The Black Fleet Crisis: Shield of Lies). Note that this is an homage to the television program Battlestar Galactica.
  • Frag - An adaptable expletive (Wretched Hives of Scum and Villainy, Original source?)
  • Freg'd - A derogatory verb insinuating destruction, as in, "My moisture farm got freg'd to the ground!" (Galaxy Guide 11: Criminal Organizations).
  • Frell - A curse (Wizards of the Coast Web Site: The Living Force). Note that this is an homage to the Farscape sci-fi series where the term frell originally appeared.

Huttese Insults[edit]

  • Chuba - (Also sometimes spelled "Chubba"). Translating from Huttese as "You" or "Hey you," but also literally the Huttese name for an animal resembling a frog or toad, it is used as an insult and also a curse or exclamation, as in "What the chubba is going on?" (The Phantom Menace; Dark Nest: The Joiner King, The Unseen Queen).
  • E chu ta! - An insult (The Empire Strikes Back).
  • Koochoo - Huttese for idiot (Galactic Phrase Book & Travel Guide).
  • Kung - An insult (or compliment) translating as scum (Return of the Jedi), as in U kulle rah doe kankee kung: You are my kind of scum.
  • Peedunky -- An insult, translating loosely as punk (The Phantom Menace).
  • Poodoo - Huttese for excrement (The Phantom Menace). Oddly, this term also translates from Huttese to Basic as "fodder," as in "You might have been a good smuggler, but now you're just Bantha fodder!" (Return of the Jedi).
  • Shag - An insult, translating as slave (The Phantom Menace).
  • Sleemo - An insult, translating as slimeball (The Phantom Menace).
  • Stoopa - Huttese for a fool (Galactic Phrase Book & Travel Guide).

Yuuzhan Vong Invective[edit]

  • Gods-cursed - A derogatory modifier (Dark Tide I: Onslaught).
  • Kane a bar - An insult, translating from the Yuuzhan Vong language as "dung of a meat maggot" (Star by Star, New Jedi Order Sourcebook). Note that this is a play on a Yuuzhan Vong word denoting status in the social hierarchy, Kanabar which means "Fellow low-caste person."
  • Puul - A curse (Edge of Victory: Conquest).
  • Tsup - An insult, translating loosely as a wicked slave (Edge of Victory: Rebirth).
  • Vhlor - Used as an insult, it is the name of a filthy Yuuzhan Vong animal (Edge of Victory: Rebirth).
  • Vong - A grave insult among the pious Yuuzhan Vong when used alone, with connotations that an individual is godless or barbaric (Edge of Victory: Conquest).
  • Whelp of a machine - A grave insult implying that someone is the offspring of a non-living thing (Dark Tide I: Onslaught).
  • Yadaj dakl, ignot! - A venomous curse (New Jedi Order Sourcebook).



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