This lexical skirting of religious sensitivities falls in the category of expressions known as “minced oaths.” They are a kind of euphemism: an indirect expression substituted to soften the ...

In the place of off-limits words, we had what I called “substitute swears.” As it turns out, there’s a term for this type of euphemism: minced oaths. I should share some examples to jog your memory.

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These substitutions are called "minced oaths," and they've left their mark on our vocabulary. Gosh, gee, golly, dagnamit, darn, drat, gadzooks, zounds, heck, and cripes are all minced oaths that ...

His Minced Oath project put out an album called Supersede in 2017, which he now follows up with a collection of soundscapes created in response to a series of aerial photographs by David Cleary ...

The first word of each theme answer is a minced oath. A minced oath is an expression that is similar to and used in place of a swear word. This puzzle has a fun theme, and a clever title.

and issued with no PR fuss or great expectations – he has chosen Minced Oath as the signifier. Whatever about the name change, the music here is often superb. In accordance with the time it took ...

Recent columns have dealt with minced oaths, expressions that substitute mild or innocuous words for words that some might consider vulgar, obscene, sacrilegious or otherwise objectionable.

These substitutions are called "minced oaths," and they've left their mark on our vocabulary. Gosh, gee, golly, dagnamit, darn, drat, gadzooks, zounds, heck, and cripes are all minced oaths that ...