FUCK is still my default “Find>Replace>Find>Replace” placeholder. Need to shift a wad of spreadsheet cells laden with formulas but don’t want to risk anything?

Find All “=“ Replace with “FUCK” Copy/Move Find All “FUCK” Replace with “=“

Also handy for updating words or names when word processing.

The choice dates back to my first computer - I remember replacing all spaces “ “ with “FUCK” and watching gloriously as the assignment I had written was slowly turned into curse word gibberish.

I tell myself I still do it because (especially capitalised) it does stand out as an error in a way other placeholders may not. But it’s mostly for the fun and cheap thrill - pretty sure only one client ever got a document that I had left fucked up in this way.

[Edit to add: Nothing pseudonymous about my account name, but I’ll fucking own it.]