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When my late husband said, "why you syphilitic son of a bitch" I knew that he was really angry at someone and if he said "rats in a dishpan" then something just went haywire. He passed away 30 years ago now and I have never heard another person say those things.
Haha, I can totally relate to someone making up expressions, then sticking with them. For example, a couple I made up for whatever reason, and still employ with a frequency:
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EDIT: Oh, and my grandpère used to loudly exclaim "Fiddlesticks!" when he was obviously angry or deeply annoyed. I've never heard that term used ever across old literature, films, etc.
EDIT2: Back when the TV series Deadwood was running, I remember someone online asking 'why are they swearing using completely modern terms?' and someone else answering 'because if the show used authentic curse words, the characters would all sound like variants of Yosemite Sam.'
I dunno, speaking as a Naked Gun / Zucker fan, I think I might have enjoyed that! :P
Fiddlesticks is a known English term. It's a mild oath like dang or darn.
My dad once described a tree as being "deader than a snake" and i can't help but wonder how much deader than a snake that tree actually was... 3/5? A half gallon? 28 minutes?
"Oh rabbits" sounds like something Wallace and Gromit would say.
Reminds me of Butters from South Park, he says "Oh hamburgers!"
"Oh, Rabbits!" is actually an Australian curse much like Americans say, Oh, Rats. It comes from the Great Rabbit plague. Never heard of it?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_plagues_in_Australia
I've heard of the rabbit plague but never would've made that connection.
Always found it akin to the perfect example of Murphy's Law that humans are the one invasive species that doesn't thrive well there.
I love it. I've been enjoying "MotherFather" as a soft landing out of habitually cursing when frustrated.
i think Steve Martin said MotherFather Chinese Dentist
My sister once told someone to eat a steaming bowl of rat assholes, and our friend group used that one for years.