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minced oaths

minced oaths is the plural of minced oath.

Meaning of minced oath

Noun

minced oath (plural minced oaths)

  1. A type of euphemism based on an expression considered profane, blasphemous, or otherwise inappropriate, that has been altered to remove the objectionable characteristics of the original expression—often by replacing the objectionable word by a similar-sounding but non-objectionable one; a polite version of an expletive.

Questions about minced oaths

What is minced oaths the plural of?
Minced oaths is the plural of minced oath.

Words near minced oaths in the dictionary

  1. minced
  2. minced beef
  3. minced meat
  4. minced meats
  5. minced oath
  6. minced oaths
  7. minced one's words
  8. minced up
  9. minced words
  10. mincedness
  11. Minceirtoiree

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