minced oath

English

Noun

Examples

cheese and rice for Jesus Christ
gosh for God
geez for Jesus
cripes for Christ
darn or dang for damn
heck for hell
blooming, bleeding, or ruddy for bloody (UK)
freaking, flaming, flipping, frigging, fricking or effing for fucking
dadgum, gall dang, dagnabbit or dagnammit for goddamn
crud or shoot for crap or shit
booty, bum, buns, or butt for arse or ass
smart-aleck for smartass
mothertrucker or motherlover for motherfucker

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; polite expletive.

Translations

euphemism based on a profanity

French: formule d'évitement f, forme édulcorée f

German: abgemildertes Schimpfwort n, entschärfter Fluch m

See also

minced oath on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
expletive deleted

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