• English language, nearly all profanities have minced variants. Common methods of forming a minced oath are rhyme and alliteration. Thus the word bloody...
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  • the free dictionary It is common to find minced oaths in literature and media. Writers often include minced oaths instead of profanity in their writing to...
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    of God is associated with one of the most known local dishes. Another minced oath is "Dio mama" (mum God), common in Veneto, and another one is Codroipo...
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    Odds bodkins is an archaic English minced oath of the Middle Ages and later. Odds bodkins is generally considered to probably be a euphemism for "God's...
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  • Gordon Bennett Sr., founder and publisher of the New York Herald, or as a minced oath, "perhaps a euphemistic substitution for gorblimey". Bennett Jr. was...
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  • Spanish interjections ay (denoting surprise or pain) and caramba (a minced oath for carajo), is an exclamation used in Portuguese and Spanish to denote...
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  • expression used as a cry of surprise, irritation or displeasure. It is a minced oath form of the profane sacré Dieu (holy God), which, by some religions,...
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  • Look up mofo in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mofo may refer to: A minced oath of the obscenity Motherfucker "Mofo" (song), from the 1997 U2 album Pop...
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  • traditionally served during the Christmas season Minced oath, a more polite expression based on a profanity Mincing Lane, a street in the City of London This...
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  • the early 20th century, and now considered dated. It originated as a minced oath, historically associated with two specific "Scotts": Scottish author...
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