h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Good work !
This made me grin and set me off trying to recall other slang from H2G2. I've had a couple of glasses of wine (an excellent Chauteau Janx '99) and all I could remember was Zaphod in the Restaurant at the End of the Universe asking the waiter for a 'phone :

"Hand me the rap-rod, Plate Captain"

Also ... was "swud/swudding" a galactic expletive ?

Cheers
John

aye, thanks. i'll add it when I get a chance, after i finish my research project on Douglas Noel Adams. I'm sure you've heard of him, heh. well, I'll get back to work and contact you when I can. If you could, could you please send me the usage and origin, maybe, and i'll add it. you don't need to. well, back to work. thanks for your help, i'll update sometime this week.

Ah ! Douglas Noel Adams ... name rings a bell ...

The rap-rod bit is from the Restuarant at the End of the Universe when Marvin's trying to get hold of the rest of the mob of the 'phone.

The other word I was looking for was "swut". I think Zaphod uses this when he's dangling from the giant statue of Arthur Dent ... at the same sort of time that he uses THAT B-word.

Other rude words are joojooflop (mentioned by The Book) & turlingdrome (used by the Vogon captain in his poetry)


John

thanks, you really are working hard for this! I really appreciate it. I'll update later today, I just got on holiday. Another bit, 'cos my memory is as bad as a babelfish, I recognize joojooflop and turlingdrome, but about the other few, are those from the books or the tv shows, or the radio? I have only read the books as of yet, I just got Salmon of Doubt, and I'm getting the TV series DVD for christmas. Thanks!

Other rude words are joojooflop (mentioned by The Book)
As in "This is one whole joojooflop situation"

swut, as in
"That was one swutting big bird, Ford!"

swut, joojooflop & turlingdrome are used in the radio series as well.
belgium replaced the word f*ck in america as it was unprintable alledgedly.
Slartibartfast was a swear word as well, originally or a lot of them. douglas wanted the dirtiest name he come come up with and still get it broadcast over the radio. it was supposed to have been farty f*ck balls. the joke "my name is not important" was douglas having fun at a secretaries expense, he held back saying the word slartibartfast as long as possible as he knew it would take her ages typing it in scripts.