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Comics navigate invented language with a visual constraint: the word has to fit in a balloon and still land. The vocabulary tends toward the punchy, the typographically distinctive, and the memorably brief.
11 entries in the archive
Kriff
≈ “Fuck (milder)”
/KRIF/verb/adjective/interjection
The Star Wars galaxy's most widespread F-word equivalent. Can be used as verb, adjective (kriffing), or interjection.
Kark
≈ “Fuck”
/KARK/verb/adjective/interjection
A Huttese expletive that functions as a strong F-word equivalent. Most prominent in the Legacy-era comics.
Stang
≈ “Damn / Hell”
/STANG/interjection/noun
An Alderaanian expletive. One of the oldest invented swear words in the Star Wars expanded universe.
Sithspit
≈ “Shit / Damn”
/SITH-spit/interjection/noun
A common curse in all eras of the Star Wars universe, expressing surprise, anger, or disgust. References the Sith as a source of cosmic evil.
Sithspawn
≈ “Son of a bitch / Damn”
/SITH-spawn/noun/interjection
Both a general curse and a term for creatures genetically engineered by the Sith. As an expletive, it implies something born of pure evil.
Grife
≈ “Damn / Shit”
/GRYFE/interjection
A 31st-century expletive used by the Legion of Super-Heroes. General-purpose expression of frustration.
Sprock
≈ “Fuck”
/SPROK/verb/adjective
The Legion of Super-Heroes' equivalent of the F-word. Used primarily as an adjective ('sprocking').
Shock
≈ “Fuck”
/SHOK/verb/adjective/interjection
The primary expletive in Marvel's 2099 future timeline. Used as a substitute for 'fuck' in all contexts.
Crikk
≈ “Damn / Shit”
/KRIK/interjection
The High Republic era's distinctive expletive, adding to the Star Wars galaxy's expanding vocabulary of fictional profanity.
Flark
≈ “Fuck”
/FLARK/verb/adjective/interjection
The Marvel cosmic F-word equivalent. Used by various aliens and spacefaring characters. Can be conjugated as 'flarking' or 'flarknard.'
Ash maker
≈ “Racial slur for firebenders”
/ASH MAY-ker/noun (slur)
A slur used against Fire Nation citizens/firebenders in the post-war era. References the destruction Fire Nation imperialism caused — reducing cities and people to ash.