English
Noun
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- cheese and rice for Jesus Christ
- gosh for God
- geez for Jesus
- cripes for Christ
- darn or dang for damn
- heck for ****
- blooming, bleeding, or ruddy for bloody (UK)
- freaking, flaming, flipping, frigging, fricking or effing for ****
- dadgum, gall dang, or dagnammit for goddamn
- poop, crud, or shoot for turd, crap, or ****
- booty, bum, buns, or butt for arse or ass
- smart-aleck for smartass
- beach for bitch
- ninja for nigga, niggy, or nigger
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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.
Translations
euphemism based on a profanity
- French : formule d'évitement f, forme édulcorée f
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- German: abgemildertes Schimpfwort n, entschärfter Fluch m
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See also
minced oath on Wikipedia.Wikipedia