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Noun Concept
Categories: Profanity, Euphemisms, Self-censorship, Interjections
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minced oath  frig  Frigged  Friggin  Friggin'
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A minced oath is a euphemistic expression formed by deliberately misspelling, mispronouncing, or replacing a part of a profane, blasphemous, or taboo word or phrase to reduce the original term's objectionable characteristics. Wikipedia
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A minced oath is a euphemistic expression formed by deliberately misspelling, mispronouncing, or replacing a part of a profane, blasphemous, or taboo word or phrase to reduce the original term's objectionable characteristics. Wikipedia
An expression based on a profanity or a taboo term that has been altered to reduce the objectionable characteristics Wikipedia Disambiguation
Euphemistic expression Wikidata
A type of euphemism based on a profanity or blasphemy that has been altered to remove the objectionable characteristics of the original expression; polite expletive. Wiktionary
Euphemism based on a profanity. Wiktionary (translation)
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euphemism
HAS KIND
Minced oaths in media
HAS INSTANCE
Holy cow
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frig (interjection), Frigged, Friggin, Friggin', Frigging, Fudge (euphemism), Minced Oath, minced oaths, Pseudo-profanities, Pseudo-profanity, Pseudo profanities, Pseudo profanity, Pseudoprofanities, Pseudoprofanity

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