"minced oath" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: minced oaths [plural]
Head templates: {{en-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; a polite version of an expletive. Related terms: expletive deleted Translations (euphemism based on a profanity or blasphemy): 碎誓 (suìshì) (Chinese Mandarin), bastaardvloek [masculine] (Dutch), kirosanan korvike (Finnish), kirosanan kiertoilmaus (Finnish), formule d’évitement [feminine] (French), forme édulcorée [feminine] (French), abgemildertes Schimpfwort [neuter] (German), entschärfter Fluch [masculine] (German), babaw-mura (Tagalog)

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