I finally looked up "minced oath"

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

Jiminy Cricket that was interesting.

Oh yeah, cheese and crackers too.

Dag Nab It

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

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.

I do occasionnaly, and not ironically or anything.