Minced Oath
A minced oath is a euphemistic expression formed by deliberately changing the spelling of, or replacing, part of a profane, blasphemous, or taboo word or phrase to remove the original term's objectionable characteristics. Also, a new term can be created from scratch. The goal is to create a new term that expresses the same emotions but does not carry the same offensive denotative meaning. An example is "gosh" for "God", or fudge for fuck.
Many languages have such expressions. In the English language, nearly all profanities have minced variants.
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