#Interlac

[radioactive-earthshine]

A Non-Exhaustive Guide to Future and Alternative Swearing in DC Comics.

Legionnaires #23 Swears curtesy of the Legionnaire's resident potty mouth Querl Dox aka Brainiac 5.

Being that DC spans many different periods in time there are many different curses and swears that have been used with varying degrees of frequency among multiple characters.

Bart Allen and other time displaced characters are some of those in the modern timestream that use some of the following in place of English swears. Otherwise the bulk of these words are used in comics such Legion of Super-Heroes and sometimes in comics that take place off-world.

To note, most of these swear words are supposed to be taken directly from Interlac, the universal language spoken by everyone in the 31st century as a unifying interstellar language.

Interlac is a language that is many thousands of years old by the 31st century, and the same Interlac language exists in the 21st century as well. There are some references that the language does shift over the thousand years of time passage, but it is still recognizable between speakers.

Without further elaboration here is a non-exhaustive list of the most common swears, their approximate meaning, and general time/place/characters they are used in/by.

Grife

Meaning: Fuck/Shit.

An intense swear used as an expletive for surprise or frustration. Sometimes used as "fucking" where -ing is attached to the end.

Used commonly in the 31st century and by Bart Allen in the 21st century.

Sprock

Meaning: Also Fuck/Shit.

An intense swear used as an expletive for surprise or frustration. Sometimes used as "fucking" where -ing is attached to the end. Is generally interchangeable with grife. Sometimes, both grife and sprock are combined to create compound swears such as "gee-sprocking-rife" courtesy of Brainiac 5.

Used commonly in the 31st century by all Legionnaires. Has made its way into other media such as the CW's Supergirl.

Nass/Nass-Head

Meaning: Shit/Ass

An expletive used often as an insult or as as a common crass intensifier. Most commonly used as "nass-head" in place of "shit-head" or "We're going to kick nass!" or "We're stepping in nass."

Used in the 31st century.

Scroach

Meaning: Bastard/Fucker

A derogatory uncommon/rare insult directed at someone. "That person is such a sprocking scroach I want to beat the nass out of them."

Used by a future version of Bart Allen in the Impulse comics during the Dark Tomorrow story arc. As far as I know, it is exclusive to the Impulse comics.

Grokk/Grok

Meaning: Shit/Fuck/Damn

An expletive used in surprise or frustration, much like sprock or grife.

This swear is used more commonly in 21st century interlac in comics like L.E.G.I.O.N. or comics that take place off of Earth. This swear has made it into other media as an Easter Egg such as in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

#dc comics #swearing #bart allen #losh #linguistics #language #interlac #legion of super heroes #i chose not to include one bc it sounds too close to a slur against ndn women #if you want an extrapolation on that dm me

[sebeth]

Legion of Super-Heroes: Interlac

#Legion of Super-Heroes #Interlac #LOSH #LSH

[protytwo]

Interlac #285, the October 2023 mailing, is 305 pages with zines and art from 22 members. Cover by Greg Fox.

#legion of superheroes #legion of super-heroes #interlac #shadow lass #tasmia mallor #timber wolf #brin londo #greg fox

[triple-pupil]

And for the allos/ship enjoyers.

Have this. Happy Valentine's or something.

#I had this image in my head for more than one or two years #It's nice to finally put it out there #cuphead #king dice #cuphead devil #cuphead snake eyes #snake eyes cuphead #devildice #my shit #Not perfect but eh- ig it's enough #Drawing interlaced hands is painful btw thx for asking

[usersjeonghan]

JEONGHAN FALLIN FLOWER + RUN TO YOU, 2023

#sorry for crusty gifs..vs didnt work so theyre not interlaced #seventeen #svtsource #jeonghan #yoon jeonghan #forsvt #svtcreations #kpopedit #1004 #userace #userngocchi #shuaria #ninqztual #ftsummer #emification #*zaynab

[nemfrog]

Endpaper. Mineralogy simplified. 1885.

Internet Archive

#endpaper #endpapers #pattern #abstract #web #interlacing #nemfrog #1885 #19th century

[rusalkaandtheshepherdgirl]

has anyone done this yet

#the fmns have songs for everything js #breakups (interlace). being haunted by a hot girl (r&sg). driving (bigfoot). when ur daughter gets stolen by the foxes (charlatan) #rio remarks #the forgetmenauts

[cellarspider]

I went to go watch the eclipse yesterday.

There were some people there with very fancy equipment, but I just had my phone and a viewer I stuck over the lens. We could see progressively more and more detail on the slopes of the mountain in the distance, as the light dimmed.

And then the light on the horizon started to change, and the mountain fell fully into shadow.

It was beautiful. Like the sky had broken.

#eclipse #total solar eclipse #a lovely day #I taught several people how to make pinhole cameras between your interlaced fingers #to look down at the shadow and see the shape of the eclipse in the tiny gaps #they all reacted like I'd performed magic right in front of them

[ngoringore]

guys look Wilson has a baby face now in my opinion... he looks 10x more adorable in Verdant skin

#dst #wilson dst #wilson percival higgsbury #dst wilson #wilson higgsbury #wilson p. higgsbury #dont starve together #don't starve #don't starve together #maybe some other time i will abuse the wartermark interlacing method...just maybe one day... #been trying to attempt the cute art style on this single skin for many times

[ourstaturestouchtheskies]

Celtic Design of Interlaced Dogs // The Tortured Poets Department (The Black Dog Variant) – Taylor Swift

#i know this one isn't really in the style of the album covers #but i saw this design and COULD NOT RESIST #ZOOMORPHIC INTERLACING MY ABSOLUTE BELOVED #so anyway i guess now y'all get this version too lmao #anyway i swear 'the black dog' had better be about or at least reference black shuck #taylor swift eras (art history version) #the black dog #black dog #dog #dogs #dogs in art #celtic art #zoomorphic interlace my beloved #the tortured poets department #tortured poets department #ts ttpd #ttpd #taylor swift #ttpd taylor swift #taylor swift ttpd #ts edit #tsedit #tswiftedit #tswift edits #art #art history

[radioactive-earthshine]

Adding to the thought that Kon after spending all that time with The Legion in the 31st century knew Interlac Bart had actually admitted he loved him multiple times to his face beforehand, but in Interlac. So much to Bart's surprise (and Kon's) when Bart out of habit mutters a soft "I love you, you idiot," in Interlac after Kon gets back the whole world grinds to a halt when Kon replies back "I love you too, Road Runner."

#konbart #bartkon #kon el #bart allen #fic ideas #hcs #interlac

[paper-lilypie]

@oobbbear did it and now I wanna do it too

#:] #interlaces hands i like to know Everyone’s Thoughts #zip it lily

[protytwo]

Interlac #287, the February 2024 mailing, is 313 pages with zines and art from 22 members. Cover by Greg Fox.

#legion of superheroes #legion of super-heroes #interlac #element lad #jan arrah #greg fox

[altruistic-meme]

INTERLACE YOUR FINGERS! And look at which thumb is on TOP while they're laced!

#i remember doing this with my mom and being soooo confused #cus we're both right-handed but we interlace our hands opposite #and it feels WEIRD to do it the other way #so #lets goooo #polls #shh ac

[mundaniel]

i'm so sorry that this is my first thought but the amount of unnecessary handholding in this april fools horror short film is off the charts

#the slime interlaced fingers hand hold nearly killed me #dnp #dan and phil #phan #danandphilcrafts

[henry-fox-biggest-stan]

Todd 🤝 Me

Having a break down and crying when we want to write but feel blocked because if we can't write what good are we

#projecting on todd once again #can you tell my self esteem is really interlaced with my writing abilities?? #this is funny to me #dead poets society #dead poets #dps #todd anderson #anderperry