minced oath

English

Noun

minced oath (plural minced oaths)

1. 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

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: kirosanan korvike, kirosanan kiertoilmaus
• French: formule d’évitement f, forme édulcorée f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: abgemildertes Schimpfwort n, entschärfter Fluch m
• Hungarian: szépített/megszépített/enyhített káromkodás/átkozódás/szitkozódás/szitokszó/szitok
• Tagalog: babaw-mura

See also

• expletive deleted

Further reading

• minced oath on Wikipedia.Wikipedia