Raunch Reviews is a series about profanity. Not real profanity, but speculative swearing. Authors often try to incorporate original, innovative forms of profanity into our own fantastical works as a way to expand the worlds we build. Sometimes we’re successful. Often we’re not. In this series, I examine the faux-profanity from various works of sci-fi and fantasy, judge their effectiveness, and rate them on an unscientific and purely subjective scale. Below you’ll find previous reviews in the order they were reviewed.

Raunch Reviews: The Stormlight Archive

The Stormlight Archives

“Storm it/Storms/Storming”

Raunch Reviews: Bas-Lag

The Bas-Lag Cycle

“Jabber”


Raunch Reviews: Harry Potter

Harry Potter

“Mudblood”

Raunch Reviews: A Song of Ice and Fire

A Song of Ice and Fire

“Seven Hells”


Raunch Review: Warhammer 40k

Warhammer 40k

“Feth”

Fantastic Mr. Fox

“Cuss”

A Clockwork Orange

“Yarbles”


Friday

“Slitch”

Raunch Review: The Wheel of Time

The Wheel of Time

“Burn Me”

Raunch Review: Red Dwarf

Red Dwarf

“Smeg”


Raunch Reviews: Farscape

Farscape

“Dren”

The Smurfs

“Smurf”


The Bell Forging Cycle

“By the Firsts”

Raunch Review: District 9

District 9

“Prawn”

Raunch Review: Firefly

Firefly

“Gorram”


Raunch Review: Babylon 5

Babylon 5

“Frag”

Raunch Review: Blade Runner

Bladerunner

“Skin Job”

Raunch Review: Judge Dredd

Judge Dredd

“Drokk”


Raunch Review: Harry Potter

Harry Potter

“Merlin’s Beard”

Raunch Review: Blade Runner

Stargate: SG-1

“Mit’ka”

Raunch Review: True Blood

True Blood

“Fangbanger”


Raunch Review: Dragon Age

Dragon Age

“Andreste’s Flaming Knickers”

Raunch Review: Malazan Book of the Fallen

Malazan Book of the Fallen

“Hood’s [Body Part]”

Raunch Review: Battlestar Galactica (1978)

Battlestar Galactica (1978)

“Felgercarb”


Star Trek

“petaQ”

Foundation

“Space!”

The Expanse

“Pashangwala”


Star Wars Rebels

“Karabast”

Dresden Files

“Stars and Stones”

Wizard of Oz

“Hippikaloric”


Carnival Row

“Critch”


Have a suggestion for Raunch Reviews? It can be any made-up slang word from a book, television show, or movie. You can email me directly with your recommendation or leave a comment below. I’ll need to spend time with the property before I’ll feel confident reviewing it, so give me a little time. I have a lot of books to read.