Minced Oaths and What They Mean

• Begorrah = By God
• Bejabbers = By Jesus
• Bleeding = Bloody (see note)
• Blimey = [God] Blind me
• Blinking = Bloody
• Bloody = By Our Lady
• Blooming = Bloody
• By George = By God
• By golly = By God, or God's body
• By gosh = By God
• By gum = By God
• By Jove = By Jehovah, or Jupiter (also known as Jove)
• Cheese and crackers = Jesus Christ
• Chrissakes = For Christ's sake
• Christmas = Christ
• Christopher Columbus = Christ
• Cor blimey = God blind me
• Crackey = Christ
• Crikey = Christ
• Criminy = Christ
• Cripes = Christ
• Crivvens = Christ defend us
• Dad gum = God d--n
• Dad blame = God d--n
• Dad blast = God d--n
• Dad burn = God d--n
• Dagnammit = D--nation, God d--n it
• Dagnabbit = D--nation, God d--n it
• Dang = D--n
• Dangnabbit = D--nation, God d--n it
• Dangnation = D--nation
• Darn = D--n
• Darnation = D--nation
• Deuce = Satan
• Doggone = God d--n it
• Drat = God rot it
• Egad = Oh God
• For crying out loud = For Christ's sake
• For the love of Mike = For (the archangel) Michael’s sake
• For Pete’s sake = For (the apostle) Peter’s sake
• Gad = God
• Gadzooks = God's hooks (referring to the nails in Jesus on the cross)
• Gat Dangit = God d--n it
• G. D. = God d--n
• Gee = Jesus
• Gee whiz = Jesus’ whiskers
• Gee willikers = Jesus’ whiskers
• Godfrey = God
• Goldamn = God d--n
• Goldang = God d--n
• Gol’darn = God d--n
• Gorblimey = God blind me
• Good gravy = Good God
• Good grief = Good God
• Goodness gracious = Good God
• Goodness sakes alive = Good God
• Gosh = God
• Gosh Almighty = God Almighty
• Gosh awful = God awful
• Gosh darned = God d--ned
• Gosh darn it = God d--n it
• Great guns = Great God
• Great Scot = Great God
• Heck = H--l
• Holy Cats = Holy Christ
• Holy Cow = Holy Christ, or the golden calf, or from Hindu religion
• Holy mackerel = Holy Michael, or Mary, or Mary Mother of God
• Holy Mike = Holy Christ, or (the archangel) Michael
• Jason Crisp = Jesus Christ
• Jebus = Jesus
• Jeepers Creepers = Jesus Christ
• Jeez = Jesus
• Jeezy Creezy = Jesus Christ
• Jehoshaphat = Jesus
• Jiminy Christmas = Jesus Christ
• Jiminy Cricket = Jesus Christ
• Judas Priest = Jesus Christ
• Jumping Jehoshaphat = Jumping Jesus
• My goodness = My God
• Odds Bodkins = God’s sweet body
• Ohmigosh = Oh my God
• Sacré bleu = "sacred blue" = Sang de Dieu ("God's blood")
• Sam Hill = H--l
• Shoot = sh--
• Shucks = sh--
• S. O. B. = son of a b----
• Son of a gun = son of a b----
• Son of a sea cook = son of a b----
• Suffering succotash = Suffering Savior
• Swounds = God’s wounds
• Tarnation = D--nation
• Yumping Yiminy = Jumping Jesus
• Zounds = God's wounds