"minced oath" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "minced oaths",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "minced oath (plural minced oaths)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English euphemisms",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "id": "en-minced_oath-en-noun-QhVzAUIp",
      "links": [
        [
          "euphemism",
          "euphemism"
        ],
        [
          "profanity",
          "profanity"
        ],
        [
          "blasphemy",
          "blasphemy"
        ],
        [
          "expletive",
          "expletive"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "expletive deleted"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "euphemism based on a profanity or blasphemy",
          "word": "kirosanan korvike"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "euphemism based on a profanity or blasphemy",
          "word": "kirosanan kiertoilmaus"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "euphemism based on a profanity or blasphemy",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "formule d’évitement"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "euphemism based on a profanity or blasphemy",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "forme édulcorée"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "euphemism based on a profanity or blasphemy",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "abgemildertes Schimpfwort"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "euphemism based on a profanity or blasphemy",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "entschärfter Fluch"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "note": "szépített/megszépített/enyhített/eufemisztikus káromkodás/átkozódás/szitkozódás/szitokszó/szitok",
          "sense": "euphemism based on a profanity or blasphemy"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "euphemism based on a profanity or blasphemy",
          "word": "babaw-mura"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "minced oath"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "minced oaths",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "minced oath (plural minced oaths)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "expletive deleted"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
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        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English euphemisms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "euphemism",
          "euphemism"
        ],
        [
          "profanity",
          "profanity"
        ],
        [
          "blasphemy",
          "blasphemy"
        ],
        [
          "expletive",
          "expletive"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "euphemism based on a profanity or blasphemy",
      "word": "kirosanan korvike"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "euphemism based on a profanity or blasphemy",
      "word": "kirosanan kiertoilmaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "euphemism based on a profanity or blasphemy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "formule d’évitement"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "euphemism based on a profanity or blasphemy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "forme édulcorée"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "euphemism based on a profanity or blasphemy",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "abgemildertes Schimpfwort"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "euphemism based on a profanity or blasphemy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "entschärfter Fluch"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "note": "szépített/megszépített/enyhített/eufemisztikus káromkodás/átkozódás/szitkozódás/szitokszó/szitok",
      "sense": "euphemism based on a profanity or blasphemy"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "euphemism based on a profanity or blasphemy",
      "word": "babaw-mura"
    }
  ],
  "word": "minced oath"
}