According to the Notes Section of the Arrested Development Wiki for this episode, S1 Ep3, The Parents Television Council (PTC) had troubles with the profanity in the series, especially since in this episode Buster had two long strings of profanity.
It also noted that Tony Hale personally does not use profanity, so, if the script called for it like here, he would improvise.
The notes say that he was reciting the alphabet, and that it can be discerned by lip reading.
I rewatched the episode on DVD, with captioning, and this I cannot confirm. Captioning highlights the bleeps during the tirade, and the camera is mostly on the shocked expressions of Michael, Gob and Lindsay.
The second or two we actually see the lips move, I can't say we can see clearly that it is the alphabet.
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