# I finally looked up "minced oath"

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 1, 2007, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-looked-up-minced-oath/413971 "2007-08-01T13:47:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2016, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-looked-up-minced-oath/413971/21 "2016-02-13T03:37:26Z")

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Bumped.

Here are ten good ol’ minced oaths that deserve another lease on life: [10 Old-Fashioned Swears to Spice up Your Cussin' | Mental Floss](http://mentalfloss.com/article/49652/10-old-fashioned-swears-spice-your-cussin)

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**Author:** ![quiltguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e47774/32.png) [@quiltguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2016, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-looked-up-minced-oath/413971/22 "2016-02-13T16:12:11Z")

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Jiminy Cricket that was interesting.

Oh yeah, cheese and crackers too.

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**Author:** ![diggerwam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/919ad9/32.png) [@diggerwam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggerwam)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2016, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-looked-up-minced-oath/413971/23 "2016-02-13T17:27:13Z")

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Dag Nab It

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2016, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-looked-up-minced-oath/413971/24 "2016-02-13T17:45:16Z")

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To quote Walt Kelly: “Gosh a mickle, dickle pickle, dog my cats and Rowrbazzle!”

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**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2016, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-looked-up-minced-oath/413971/25 "2016-02-14T18:16:46Z")

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> [@Mindfield](#):
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> I think there are quite a few born of Cockney Rhyming Slang, too, though I can’t think of any right now.

I just saw a tweet yesterday suggesting that “James Blunt” had happily yielded his personal rhyming slang to the current UK Minister for Health “Jeremy Hunt”, who has proved repeatedly that he utterly deserves ownership of the epithet.

A number of newsreaders have made the obvious verbal slip live on air.

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2016, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-looked-up-minced-oath/413971/26 "2016-02-14T20:46:47Z")

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> [@Khadaji](#):
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> I only know a few brits, but I have never heard one of them say blimey. Is it used anywhere anymore?

I do occasionnaly, and not ironically or anything.

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