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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Italian profanity (section Minced oaths)
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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