A while back, I shared some reactions one might see if NBC’s The Good Place deployed Microsoft 365. In the show, profanities are auto-filtered and replaced with something a little more G-rated. For example, “holy sh**” becomes “holy shirt!” So even though PG-13 profanities can’t be used, the characters can still get their emphatic points across.
In that spirit, I present some M365-inspired (but G-rated) profanities and swear alternatives to incorporate into your daily vernacular.
| M365 app | Office-appropriate swear alternative |
|---|---|
| Delve | MotherBOARD. |
| Excel | Aw, PIVOT! |
| Forms | Son of a BRANCH! |
| Lists | FishTEMPLATES! |
| OneDrive | UPLOAD yours!! |
| OneNote | I don’t give an INK-TO-SHAPE. |
| Outlook | What the FLAG? |
| Planner | Son of a BUCKET! |
| Power Apps | Don’t be an APPhole. |
| Power Automate | For FLOW’s sake! |
| Power BI | BalderDASHBOARD! |
| PowerPoint | MORPH it. |
| SharePoint | Heavens to WEB PARTS! |
| Stream | What in TRANSCRIPTION?? |
| Sway | Gosh CARD it! |
| Teams | Cheese and CHANNELS! |
| Whiteboard | Oh, SNAP. |
| Word | Holy WORD WRAP. |
| Yammer | Jumpin’ COMMUNITY! |
Nice! Sharing with my Office engineer teammates.