minced oath
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English
Noun
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minced oath (plural minced oaths)
- A type of euphemism based on a profanity or blasphemy that has been altered to remove the objectionable characteristics of the original expression; a polite version of an expletive.
Translations
euphemism based on a profanity or blasphemy
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See also
Further reading
- minced oath on Wikipedia.Wikipedia