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== Literature ==

* In the ''[[Hitch Hikers Guide to The Galaxy|Hitchhiker's]]'' series, the word Belgium, while on Earth the name of a [[Belgium|country]], is elsewhere the ''last'' vulgar expletive, properly reserved for use in Serious Screenplays.

{{quote|''"Are we talking," said Arthur, "about the very flat country, with all the EEC and the fog?"

{{quote|"Are we talking," said Arthur, "about the very flat country, with all the EEC and the fog?"

"What?" said the girl.

"Belgium," said Arthur.

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* Harry Harrison's ''[[Bill the Galactic Hero]]'' introduced 'bowb' as a made-up all-purpose swear word to substitute for the rich variety of vulgarities in use by soldiers (in order to keep the book from being censored):

{{quote|''Don't give me any of your bowb!

Get over here, you stupid bowb!

''Get over here, you stupid bowb!

What is this, "Bowb Your Buddy Week?"

''What is this, "Bowb Your Buddy Week?"

"''Every'' week is Bowb Your Buddy Week."

''"''Every'' week is Bowb Your Buddy Week."

Bowbity-bowb bowb!'' }}

''Bowbity-bowb bowb!'' }}

* [[Samuel Blink And The Forbidden Forest]]: [[Crowning Moment of Funny|Stinkymudfungle]]!

** Alluded to with "cagal" in Harrison's ''The [[Stainless Steel Rat]] Gets Drafted''.

* In one of the [[Land of Oz|Oz books]], in a moment of great rage, the Nome King exclaims "Hippikaloric!" The narrator helpfully notes that this "must be a dreadful word because we don't know what it means."

* In one of the [[Land of Oz|''Oz'' books]], in a moment of great rage, the Nome King exclaims "Hippikaloric!" The narrator helpfully notes that this "must be a dreadful word because we don't know what it means."

== Live Action TV ==