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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