Captain Haddock’s curses, insults and exclamations

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Note: Squawking popinjay - in The Secret of the Unicorn, on page 24, Captain Francis Haddock says it to Red Rackham--but since Captain Archibald Haddock is narrating this to Tintin, some one may say that it is one of his many curse words. Also, a parrot says it in Red Rackham's Treasure on page 29. [NAB]

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Ungulate - see O for odd-toed ungulate

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Trivia

Bashi bazouk - this term was originally applied in Turkey to non-uniformed soldiers. It literally means a savage and brutal ruffian, and was popularized by Captain Haddock. [Mit Chowdhury]

Doryphore - Latin for lance wielder or spear carrier, is defined both as a pedantic and annoyingly persistent critic. (Oxford English Dictionary), and, in the French Wikipedia page, a variety of the Colorado Potato Beetle (Doryphora decemlineata). [DA]

See also

Additional curses found only in Turkish translations

Credits

Originally compiled by Jesper Jühne, and expanded by Irene Mar. Contributions from Gustav Gullberg, Olivia Bloch, Matthew Vernon, Ishaan, Som, Neal Austin Bhandarkar, Bryan Woolfolk, Rinya Singh, Ed Shoemaker, Captain Chester (and brother), Georgia, cooldude123, zaveri_tintin, Joe Gooden, Sheldon Serrao, Christopher Damon, X, rishabh, Nicholas Walker, Michael Grover, Manoj Balraj, Sunday (sundaymarch1056), Vincent Thieu, Ivan Hanigan, Lukas (Zonater) Rizvi, David Arnson, Robert L Stewart, Nathan Everett, Tolkuna Salieva, Claudia Pramiasti, and Gopal Balasubramanian.

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