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Originally Posted by Giovanna Clairval  Two possibilities:
1) You swear high and loud.
2) You don't.
Using a trite euphemism (in writing) takes all the strength away.
I could suggest a transformation of the four letter word into a new oath, but, as Culhwch said, it would be farcical, and that is not your intention, I guess.
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Option 3.
How you swear actually says something about you as a person ( or your character in this case)
My dad is a bit old fashioned so goes for 'Damn it all to hell!'
My husband has quick outbursts of temper with inanimate objects and says 'Sod sod sod sod sod and bloody arse, I'm going to get the hammer to you if you don't behave'.
One of my more usual ones is 'Odin's ringpiece!' (I got that from the book Taipan, and it tickles me so...)
My mum 's is a rather more prudush 'Piddle'
My mate almost invariably says 'Fek it ya bampot!'
And of course 'Buggrit millenium hand and shrimp, I told 'em, yes I did' speaks volumes about Foul Ole Ron
Heck would imply your character is rather old fashioned, or a bit of a prude. The F-word or similar might put off some potential readers. Try and come up with a way of expressing your character's disgust / anger in a way that also expresses something about him.