minced oath
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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; polite expletive.
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euphemism based on a profanity
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Further readingEdit
- minced oath on Wikipedia.Wikipedia