And with great power comes great profanity.

Let’s just hope her mic isn’t on when she does.

Best f—ing quote:“Do you know what I’d rather experience than long-form improv?

Selina Meyer, ‘Veep’

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Long-form bone cancer.”

Best f—ing quote:After hitting his golf ball into a bush: “Dammit.

Come on, come on.

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S—, s—, s—.

Come on Glenn, come on, get your head in the goddamn game.

Al Swearengen championed that signature style with a whole lot of f—ing zeal.

Glenn Quagmire, ‘Family Guy’

Fox

Best f—ing quote:To a prostitute: “It’s not the f—ing hour.

It’s not the f—ing vantage of the chair.

It’s you that’s changed the level of your suction somehow.

Clay Davis, ‘The Wire’

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That’s the f—ing sum and substance of it.

You’re the c–ksucker.

Change the f—ing angle.”

Al Swearengen, ‘Deadwood’

Doug Hyun

(“Instead of ‘ass,’ say ‘buns!'")

(We know, it’s from the movie, not the show.)

F— Sookie!”

Eric Cartman and Kenny McCormick, ‘South Park’

Comedy Central

Who was the other?

None other than the star’s foul-mouthed, over-the-top agent, Ari Gold (Jeremy Piven).

But Ari’s liberal F-bombs and his general chutzpah were more than liked: They wereloved.

Pam de Beaufort, ‘True Blood’

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Best f—ing quote: “You need Jo-Jo the dog-face bitch-boy?

Call Josh Weinf—, the lightweight, pen-stealing f—face.

Best f—ing quote:“Shit a brick and f— me with it.”

Ari Gold, ‘Entourage’

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Nay, everythingeveryonesays onIt’s Always Sunnyis dirty.

Best f—ing quote:“I love boiling denim and banging whores.”

So what’s his No.

Debra Morgan, ‘Dexter’

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1 trick for teaching new chefs to be great?

Cuss at them until his face turns blue.

Fun fact: Ramsay applies that same technique to customersor more generally, anyonewho pisses him off.

Frank Reynolds, ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’

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Would you like it whole or diced?”

Louie,Louie

Some TV swear-meisters are arrogant, machomachers; others are rageaholics.

’s alter ego is neither.

Gordon Ramsay, ‘Hell’s Kitchen’

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(Well, most of the time; see the quote below.)

Thankfully, that doesn’t make his color commentary any less amusing.

Best f—ing quote:“S— on my father’s balls!“H.B.

Louie, ‘Louie’

FX

But in a way, that makes the sheer level of Charlie’s depravity all the more impressive.

That takes balls of Sheen.

And they’re all on display in this virtuosic speech from aScarface-spoofing episode in season 3.

Charlie Harper, ‘Two and a Half Men’

CBS

This is America.”

Best f—ing quote:“I will f— you.

Hence…

Best f—ing quote:“Phrasing!”

Riley Freeman, ‘The Boondocks’

Clark Collis

Susie Greene,Curb Your Enthusiasm

Seinfeldhad Newman, andLarry Davidwas burdened with Susie Greene.

Best f—ing quote:“Stop scratching your balls and tell me where it is.

All right, just get me the f—ing [doll’s] head, all right.

Alex Vause, ‘Orange is the New Black’

Netflix

Get me the f—ing head, all right.

Get me the head!

Miller’s foul-mouth f— up of a character.

Sterling Archer, ‘Archer’

FX

Best f—ing quote:“Don’t touch anything.

Malcolm Tucker, ‘The Thick of It’

BBC America

Susie Greene, ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’

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