blistering barnacles”, or “blue blistering barnacles”), “ten thousand thundering typhoons” (sometimes just “thundering typhoons”), “ troglodyte “, “bashi-bazouk”, “ visigoths “, “ kleptomaniac “, “ ectoplasm “, “ sea gherkin “, “ anacoluthon “, “ pockmark “, “ nincompoop “, “ abominable snowman “, “ nitwits “, “scoundrels”, “ steam rollers