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 ...

Some of the words on our list, such as egad and zounds, are minced oaths — euphemistic versions of profane or blasphemous terms. Nobody says fourscore for twenty, but most Americans are familiar ...

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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 ...

In a second portion of their study, Lev-Ari and McKay examined “minced oaths” in the English language—words like “darn” and “shucks” that are used in place of their coarser alternatives.

CHEESE AND RICE – when used as an exclamation, and not the name of a possibly delicious casserole – is an example of a minced oath. A minced oath is a euphemism for words a speaker wants to ...

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.

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 ...

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.