I'm also reminded of this nice Wikipedia article (in French) about Captain Haddock's insults: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocabulaire_du_capitaine_Haddock htt

I'm also reminded of this nice Wikipedia article (in French) about Captain Haddock's insults: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocabulaire_du_capitaine_Haddock https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocabulaire_du_capitaine_Haddo... Apparently those were used to replace actual swear words, that may have been inappropriate for children.