I Need a Kid Friendly Euphamism

"Tartar Sauce" is from SpongeBob. There's a whole song about it.

When the kids were younger I'd say "Fudge Nuggets!" Yeah, that went over well with the MIL when she came for the birth of my youngest and the oldest exclaimed that in the store. She said something about it and asked where he heard that. He said I said it. She was getting ready to say something about it and he very calmly said "At least I don't say F*^% like Dad."

And that was the last time she complained about my parenting, lol. (At least to my face...)

Mine was always ... NICE! in a very sarcastic tone. So there are a lot of times you will hear my then 2 year old, now 4 year old, say 'Nnnniiiiccceee'! :-P

There was a post along these same lines just a few days ago.

Jeepers
Peanut Butter!
Well would you look at that?!
Yikes!
Well Swell

"Oh, dear!" -- does that one count? Not sure...that is the one I use the most and it sounds so adorable when my son says it now.

"Oh, darn, darn, darn!" - I say that one a lot too...not too bad, huh?

"Sugar, honey, & Iced Tea!" -- I got that one from a secretary who used to say it in high school. It took me years before I got it (in case you have no idea, look at the first letters in each word). Sometimes I extend it out and add, "and lemonade, and sherbet, and cake with frosting!" It actually (strangely) works very well in place of an expletive, try it.

"Grrrrr!" -- my son finds this one funny!

"Oh, my chinny-chin-chin!" -- my son gets this from SuperWhy, and I've incorporated into my "toddlerese."

This is not a goofy question at all -- it is legitimately a thing you have to think about when you've got a kid. Funny how your life changes in so many ways when there is a little one in the house!

I have a mouth like a sailor away from children, or at least I used too.

My favorite euphemisms for goofs and other nonsense:all of these suggestions are 'default' words for when my mouth goes into swearing mode before my brain can jump in~

Sheee-ucks (that's "sh*t, curtailed so when it starts out as swearing I can 'save' the moment)
Shhhhh-oot! (same thing as above)
Fffff-iddlesticks! (okay, replace sh*t with f*c*, and then this is my 'save the moment' word)
Darn!

When my daughter was little she would hear her dad say Bull----. And of course she didn't understand why she could not say it. So we fibbed and told herit was dads special word all his own. So then she wanted one all her own. So I told her to think of one and if it was approved it could beer own little cuss word. So she thought a little while and then asked me and her dad if she could use " Aw... Goose poop!". She was very serious and hated to be laughed at. So me and her dad pretended to seriously discuss the pros and cons of allowing one so young the responsibility of her own cuss word. If we allowed this would she think it ok to swear or say other words? She watched and listened with a solemn expression. She promised and crossed her heart that she would take this responsibility seriously. Needless to say when Michaela thought you were pulling her leg, or she was frustrated.. It was so cute to hear her exclaim. "Aww ...Goosepoop!". By the way she is nearly 16 and is one of the very few kids in her school who refuse to curse. She doesn't even use goosepoop. She was three when she requested permission for her own curseword. I believe every child needs a way to verbalize their frustration or disgust. Especially when you are so young that you do not yet have enough vocabulary to express it

I have been known to yell
"Profanity! and some swearing!!"

When my eldest was a preschooler, she used "fishsticks!" as an expletive.

This post makes me giggle! I have that thought all the time when I hear my daughter say something that I say and I think...oh that sounds much worse coming out of the mouth of babes! ;) I don't really have any advice, though, sorry! I say oh snap! a lot, but I'm not sure how much better that is! ;)

I have a friend who uses "Ratatouille!" as an expletive. I love that.

Also, my mother has said for years, "Jiminy Christmas!"

I am still working on it myself. But I have stolen some expletives from sci-fi....

Dren & Frell from Farscape. Frack from Battlestar Galactica. Almost forgot about those.

There was a commercial on not long ago that used "Shut the front door!", I thought that sounded pretty unique. Wish I woulda thought of it.

Oh Man -like Swiper from Dora

Oh Coconuts -like Jake and the Neverland Pirates

How about that

Really

Ah Shucks

Hope this helps.

Oh pickles!

Oh sugar!

Oh frickity!

Oh crepes!

Oh cracker!

Peas and carrots!

Franks and beans!

mine's been "monkey" for years, when my littlest bro was born. It cracks me up, because high school friends of mine still use it! :-)

I say puddles. My hubby makes up words after yelling F*^%ing A$$hole to a guy that cut him off and then hearing it for a week from our 2 yo.

My cousin had a friend who did not like KMart. She said derogatory things about people who shopped there, said nasty things about the store in general, her daughter was 3 or 4, was real frustrated one time and yelled "OH KMART!!"

I tend to say God... Bless.... America.

ohhhhh sugar boogers

My four and six year old will say ''Tatar Sauce''....I am not sure where it came from...I had not even paid mind to it until the other day when something happened and my six year old goes...''OH TATAR SAUCE''

I have a pretty bad potty mouth and my 7 year old cured me of that real quick - after she collected over $170 in her curse jar! The only word I am allowed to use as a curse is pickle - it sounds corny - but u can use it any way u like and after a while u can get really creative. Feel free to borrow it & us can use it in any way - holy pickling pickles, holy pickles, what the pickle was that! any pickling way you like! Have fun w/it!

Mine is Good Grief. Or I just babble incoherently. I don't know why, but I have done that even before my daughter was born. I used to say that I got so mad I was speaking in tongues. My daughter gets really frustrated and yells, "PULL!" I don't know where she got that one, but we call it her toddler curse word.

We say, shut the front door, hot fudge, and oh shiznit. lol

"Oh hamburgers!"

"Cheese and rice"

"French Toast!"

My grandpa always "dang nabit!"

You got some good ones here, and I will have to check back! Lol.

I like "shut the front door!" Well placed inflection, and its down right dirty: )

Holy Cannoli or Dammit Jim (not sure why but got this from my parents...LOL).

Okay just realized Dammit Jim is probably not the best either!

We say caterpickles! It is fun to say and doesn't sound like a bad word, but I think I like a lot of the suggestions given here, especially sugar, honey and iced tea! That one made me giggle!
A.

Good Night!
Good Night Nurse! (Thanks Animaniacs!)
Good Gracious!
Land Sakes!
Oh My Word!
Jeez Louise!
Well I Never!
Shazam!
Oh, For Cryin' Out Loud!

*EDIT*
I forgot a few....borrowed from Thomas the Tank Engine:
Well, Bust My Buffers!
Fizzling Fireboxes!
And Mandy C. reminded me of another one...
God Bless It!!

WonderBar!
'Oh my head!'

You've gotten some great responses!! I think I may adopt a bunch myself!
I had to laugh at all the SpongeBob responses because I say tartar sauce a lot, and didn't realize other moms do too =D

Good googa mooga is my favorite. My kids love it too. You could also say...
Geese oh Pete
Cheese and Crackers
phooey
holy schmoly (I use that for surprise)
Oh, that turkey! (I use that for someone who cuts me off in traffic)
You've got to be kidding me!
But good googa mooga is really the best for me. You can change the tone and which syllable you stress to make it fit anything (mad, disbelief, surprise, you name it)

Good for you for making a change.

I am laughing so hard I am crying!!! I love all of the responses, but the pickles one is my favorite. I think I am going to use it!

My husband says "Son of a biscuit!" and "nuts in a handbag". I don't know where they came from, but always make us laugh.

Cheese and Crackers!

What the Face or What the Fondant?

Holy Guacamole!

I try to say 'uh oh spaghettio' or 'oh crud'. My 2 year old likes the 1st and my 5 year old likes the 2nd. I should says repeats...

I say random words such as "Shnagleravin!" and my mum will say something like "Sh-----lubdopjfhjsdsk", just random syllables put together. Love the sugar, honey, and ice tea thing!

"Oh boy!"

"What in the world?!?"

"For Heaven's sake!"

My son says #2 with emphatic inflections, it's cute.

Crantz!
Chicken nugget nuts!
Holy moly spice-a-mole

but I'm so using sugar honey & iced tea now!

oh my goat n' nary...don't know how I came onto that one....

my almost 4 year old niece has been known to randomly yell "BANANA PANTS!". She's been doing this since she was 2

I have got into a bad habit of saying scheizer (sp), but I don't think it counts if you're just swearing in another language. Otherwise I say shivers! And shiver me timbers!

I say "God Bless America" if said in the right tone, it really is a good replacement.
Have you ever seen an episode of Sponge Bob called Sailor Mouth? It's hilarious and not kid appropriate in the least!. I took "Barnacles" from Sponge bob.

We say "Geeze Oh Petes"

I, and my husband, have horrible potty mouths. I've been really working h*** o* it because my 3 year old was sitting quietly in the back the other day when his daddy said, "Son of a....", I shot him the look so he didn't finish his sentence, but my 3 yo did! We heard a very hearty B****! from the back seat. When the shock wore off (and should I really have even been shocked? With out mouths...NO!) and I quit laughing into my sleeve, I sternly correct him and made sure he knew that that was not okay talk.

Aside from 'Jiminy Christmas', my favorite saying when I screw up is a very dramatic (and I can't believe no one has mentioned this yet!), Charlie Brown, "GOOD GRIEF!" Oh yeah, and 'crudola (like granola!) I am sooo going to start using some of the other ones I've seen though! Funny stuff.

I always used "turkey feathers" - it felt like an curse, but didn't sound similar to any. It always cracked my kids up which would then start me laughing to so it had a double benefit!

Totally love these ideas...I'm going to start using some myself. My only suggestion is to not make them sound too much like the acutal swear word. When the kids repeat it they could say it wrong or that nosey neighbor could hear it wrong. Stick with the totally different sounding exclamation. I love the Suger, Honey & Iced Tea!

a co worker says Oh my stars and garters. never heard that one before but now i find myself saying it!