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	Minced oath - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A minced oath is an expression based on a profanity which has been altered to reduce or remove the disagreeable or objectionable characteristics of the original expression.
		The use of minced oaths originally began in the United Kingdom sometime before the Victorian Age, as part of the cultural impact of Puritanism after the Protestant Reformation.
		Some minced oaths became well-known as a result of use in theatre, where there were sometimes strict taboos on the use of certain religious phrases; many survive to this day in literary contexts (such as the Shakespearean "'swounds" or "zounds").
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Minced_oaths (975 words)

	Re: Pete's sake (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Never ever think of it as a 'minced oath' which conjures up visions of mooing cattle, butchers in white aprons and the awful grinding sound of meat being extruded.
		A "minced oath" means when a person starts to let go with a really bad swear -- like God damn -- realizes he/she shouldn't say it and substitutes a harmless phrase like "Godfrey Daniel." And along the same line, a person starts to say "For God's Sake" and says "For Pete's Sake" instead.
		A 'minced oath'; never use it, never heard anyone else use it and would advise all vegetarians to avoid it like the plague.
	www.phrases.org.uk /bulletin_board/4/messages/1029.html (331 words)

	'Zounds, sirrah. That's a minced oath, I'll warrant.' in The AnswerBank: Phrases & Sayings
		Mince pies contain minced meat (or mincemeat), which as we all know has little to do with meat (except for the inclusion of a little suet) and everything to do with preserved fruit with spices chopped up minutely.
		To mince, that is, as the OED puts it, 'to walk with short steps and an affected preciseness or daintiness', was coined in the 16th century.
		Mincing Lane in the City of London, which was the centre of the tea trade in the 17th and 18th centuries, got its name from the Anglo-Saxon mynecen, 'nun' (the feminine form of mynec, the modern 'monk').
	www.theanswerbank.co.uk /Article3276.html (470 words)

	Swearing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		To swear can mean either to make an oath, or to utter profanity.
		A court witness will have to swear to tell the truth, sometimes by the name of a deity or upon things considered holy, for example a Bible or a Qur'an.
		Some current swearwords have this literal origin, either in straightforward use, e.g., for Christ's sake, or by way of a minced oath, e.g.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Swearing (139 words)

	Minced oath
		Minced oaths are a sub-group of euphemisms used to avoid swearing when expressing surprise or annoyance.
		To mince your words, or mince matters, means to choose words so as not to offend anyone.
		It's interesting that, while we continue to generate new euphemisms, new minced oaths are few and far between.
	www.phrases.org.uk /meanings/minced-oath.html (329 words)

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		Never having received a duly executed and authenticated commission with the oath of office endorsed thereon, and never having taken the oath of office, the Substitute Director had no power or authority to act in place of the disqualified Beverage Director.
		The taking of the oath and the issuing of the formal commission not only constitute the official conveyance to the recipient of a portion of the state's sovereign power, but serve to impress upon the appointee or elected official the great public trust and confidence which is placed in him by his appointment.
		Here the individual acts towards legatees or towards tenants in performance of a duty, and in exercise of a power not derived from their consent, but devolved on him by an authority which quoad hoc is superior.
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	Minced oath: Encyclopedia topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Minced oaths are corrupted forms of (usually religion-related) swear word (swear word: profanity is a word choice or usage which its audience considers to be offensive....
		The censorship caused people to develop a wide variety of minced oaths to avoid swearing (swearing: A commitment to tell the truth (especially in a court of law); to lie under oath is to become subject to prosecution for perjury) on holy names.
		However, some of the more modern minced oaths should be avoided in polite speech (e.g.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/minced_oath (431 words)

	minced oaths (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The use of minced oaths is quite contrary to the spirit of the New Testament teaching.
		Minced oaths are a prime example of hypocrisy...
		Are we using minced oaths at times when we are expressing displeasure with some situation or some person, when we should be doing things without murmuring and instead, giving thanks in everything?
	acts413.org /living/minced.htm (2204 words)

	Take Our Word For It Issue 87
		It is most often encountered in the negative sense, as in "He is not one to mince words".
		This is frequently heard when a less offensive phrase is substituted for an oath or imprecation.
		The use of these oaths was so extensive that, in time, they became quite divorced from their original significance and quite ludicrous expressions such as ods haricots, ods fish and ods kilderkins came into use.
	www.takeourword.com /Issue087.html (2445 words)

	Encyclopedia entries starting with MIN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		MINC ("MINC is not C") is a data specification language written in the mid-1980s by a Princeton University graduate student named Lars Graf.
		Originally, mince pies contained mincemeat: a mixture of meat, suet, dried fruit and spices, often with brandy, but today they usually omit t..
		Mincing is a cooking technique in which food ingredients are finely divided.
	encycl.opentopia.com /M/MI/MIN (9932 words)

	Algernon Sidney: Discourses Concerning Government — 3:17
		How far this is true, let us but examine the oath of the kings of England at their coronation, the words whereof are these.
		A worthy person of our age was accustomed to say that contracts in writing were invented only to bind villains, who having no law, justice or truth within themselves, would not keep their words, unless such testimonies were given as might compel them.
		But if we believe our man of good morals, voluntary oaths and promises are of no more value than those gained by force or deceit, that is to say, none are of any.
	www.constitution.org /as/dcg_317.htm (2100 words)

	Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Cock and Pie (By). (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		We meet with cock’s bones, cock’s wounds, cock’s mother, cock’s body, cock’s passion, etc., where we can have no doubt that the word is a minced oath, and stands for the sacred name which should never be taken in vain.
		The Pie is the table or rule in the old Roman offices, showing how to find out the service for each day, called by the Greeks pi’nax (an index).
		The latter part of the oath is equivalent to “the Mass book.”
	www.bonus.com /contour/bartlettqu/http@@/www.bartleby.com/81/3773.html (153 words)

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		The punishment itself came into use in the Royal Navy in 1661 but was abolished in 1813.
		George: By George is an expression used as an oath or to express surprise.
		Gerrymander: This is a splendid word with a very specific use; it means the manipulation of electoral boundaries for party political ends.
	www.briggs13.fsnet.co.uk /book/g.htm (1803 words)

	chronic malcontent: Griping & piping... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		"Minced oaths are corrupted forms of (usually religion-related) swear words that arose in English culture sometime before the Victorian Age, as part of the cultural impact of Puritanism after the Protestant Reformation.
		Since they avoid using profanities or holy words, the minced oaths are not equivalent in strength (likelihood to cause offence) as their derivitions listed below.
		So the answer is that "Suffering Succotash!" is a minced oath of "Suffering Saviour!" ohdearieme.
	www.20six.co.uk /chronicmalcontent/weblogEntries/send.htm?entryId=i2i41d0jr786 (709 words)

	HOW TO PROFANE POLITELY !!! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Somewhat regularly the ballons contained the words 'Hully Gee.' Little did these fond parents know that the yellow kids were shouting 'Holy Jesus.' That is a minced oath.
		So in many languages there grew up a rich vocabulary of minced oaths, mild oaths, concealed oaths.
		These disguised oaths have become part of every day language, but few persons are aware of their real meanings.
	www.main.nc.us /spchurchofchrist/tongue.htm (313 words)

	Word Questions & Answers by Bill Casselman
		In word study this kind of phrase is called a minced oath.
		"Jeepers Creepers!" is a minced version of "Jesus Christ!" Other minced versions of Jesus' name include "Jiminy Cricket!" Yes, the Walt Disney animators were drew the little character in Pinocchio, the cricket who sings "When You Wish upon a Star," were using a bit of an in-joke curse when they named the character.
		They certainly did not invent it in the 1930s or 1940s since "Jiminy Cricket!" as a minced oath is in print in the United States by 1918.
	www.billcasselman.com /questions_and_answers/q_and_a.htm (1497 words)

	Christian Speech (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In view of the clear teaching in the New Testament on the question of oaths, however, the Old Testament commands to swear oaths must be understood in the same way as the Old Testament verses which countenance legal retaliation (Ex.
		Jesus is saying that inasmuch as human beings are not able to perform even the most insignificant act, it is out of place and presumptuous for them to swear by God that they will do this or that.
		The prohibition of Jesus against the swearing of oaths rests upon the finiteness and human limitations of men.
	www.bibleviews.com /Speech.html (5612 words)

	Judas: Encyclopedia topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Judas Priest (Judas Priest: judas priest is an immensely influential heavy metal band formed in 1969 in birmingham,...
		[follow hyperlink for more...]), the music group, took its named from a minced oath (minced oath: more facts about this subject).
		Judas is also a common derogatory nickname (nickname: A familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)) for those, who after reaching some kind of prominence in an institution, change to rival/opposite sides for financial reasons.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/judas (295 words)

	An Important Message for Believers
		A euphemism is "the use of a word or phrase that is less expressive or direct but considered less distasteful, less offensive, etc. than another." What we have then is one word or phrase being substituted for another.
		Thus we can say that a MINCED OATH is "a form of cursing that replaces a direct curse word with a more acceptable word [better sounding word] which in effect does the same thing."
		When other believers are found to use minced oaths, seek to gently and lovingly and tactfully point this out to them, remembering that at times we have all been guilty of the careless use of language (James 3:2).
	www.middletownbiblechurch.org /christia/minced.htm (1037 words)

	THE CERTIFIED CHRISTIAN MENTOR TRAINING MANUAL
		People afraid to accept the consequences of their behavior create oaths that are similar in tone and cadence to the unacceptable oaths, and get away with it.
		Refusing to allow "minced oaths" restores courage in character, rendering consequences for the cowardice along with consequences for the word they were trying to avoid with the minced oath.
		The children who have been referred to you are children who have begun the process of untimely individuation.
	www.serve.com /Blansett/c0322761/m8492063.HTML (2736 words)

	CupTeaLuv?: November 2004 Archives
		Andy and the gang at his work were wondering what it meant (the conversation started off with asking about what grits were made of, then went through various types of infamously-named foods with mysterious contents)...
		It's actually a "minced oath" -- and according to Brainy Encyclopedia -- "Minced oaths are corrupted forms of (usually religion-related) swear words that arose in English culture sometime before the Victorian Age, as part of the cultural impact of Puritanism after the Protestant Reformation.
		scary thing is that going down through that list of minced oaths (click on the link at the end of the quoted part) I was really convicted as a Christian about how many of those minced oaths actually come out of my mouth on occasion!
	www.absoblogginlutely.net /cuptealuvarchive/2004_11.html (1877 words)

	YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> hell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In British English and some parts of North America, the word has fallen into common use and is not considered profane; often considered to be a safer and less offensive alternative to swearing.
		"Hell" is sometimes used as a minced oath, as "H-E-double-hockey-sticks", "H-E-double-toothpicks", "heck" or "Sam Hill" ("What in the Sam Hill is going on here?").
		Another common euphemism for Hell is "The Other Place" (which is also the formal term used in the UK parliament to refer to the House of Lords by a member of the House of Commons, and vice-versa).
	www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/hell (6733 words)

	The New York Times > New York Region > Rell Is Sworn In as Governor of Connecticut
		Rell Is Sworn In as Governor of Connecticut
		Rell reassured listeners in her calm manner and frank tone that her adminstration would break with any practices of the past that had brought shame to state government.
		She minced few words in describing ``profound disappointment and disillusionment'' growing out of the ``seemingly unrelenting series of events'' that helped usher her immediate predecessor, John G. Rowland, out of office.
	www.nytimes.com /2004/07/01/nyregion/01CND-CONN.html?ei=5090&en=183c9521e7ae527d&ex=1246420800&adxnnl=1&partner=rssuserland&adxnnlx=1129331030-n5a5obGtJR4yyqVYMsTrOA (684 words)

	The New York Times > New York Region > New Governor Vows Integrity in Connecticut After Scandal
		It was a simple but dignified ceremony that aides said was intended to set the tone for the new administration.
		Rell reassured the crowd in a calm manner and frank tone that her administration would break with any practices that had brought shame to state government.
		She minced few words in describing the "profound disappointment and disillusionment" felt by many about the "seemingly unrelenting series of events" that helped usher her predecessor, John G. Rowland, out of office with two years left on his third term, catapulting her into power.
	www.nytimes.com /2004/07/02/nyregion/02CONN.html?ei=5090&en=951a0c596c13a7c6&ex=1246507200&adxnnl=1&partner=rssuserland&adxnnlx=1101840543-q2q91MbR1R0comWK7sWqSQ (792 words)

	Together WE can make a difference - Newsletter KSA community 15th July 2003 - ContactPakistan.com
		Heat a teaspoon of ghee and fry the daal paste, ground masala and salt.
		Then fry minced meat adding a bit of salt, garam masala and green chillies to it.
		Flatten and put in a portion of daal and minced meat filling.
	www.contactpakistan.com /newsletter/ksa/JuLY15th03/newsletter.html (2976 words)

	Medina County Gazette - on-line edition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Mincing words is sort of a bad thing to do
		Only when I tried to find it in the dictionary years later did I discover Miss Guenter didn't say "mint stove." She said, "minced oath." I guess my ears were too hot to hear her right.
		Though it still sounds like an ingredient to me, some herb you might use to spice up your deviled eggs.
	www.medina-gazette.com /Articles.asp?num=58669872 (799 words)

	Quite Early One Morning: March 2005 Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		A few Afghanis, a handfull of Iraqis and a lone Cuban (who received the loudest cheer from the audience)rose, a smattering of Canadians too.
		(heh)...so it went until the entire roster was read and the oath given.
		Reflecting SF's long history (not always positive) with Asian immigration and it's large native born Chinese community, the largest group were from China (Taiwan) and the Philippines, but I was pleasantly surprised that the demographics were so broad.
	earlyonemorning.com /archives/2005/03 (4547 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Minced oath
		Minced oaths are corrupted forms of (usually religion-related) swear words that originally arose in English culture sometime before the Victorian Age, as part of the cultural impact of Puritanism after the Protestant Reformation.
		Judas Priest (A band whose name derives from a pseudo-blasphemous euphemism for Christ)
		List of exclamations used by Captain Haddock (A particularly famous (fictional) user of minced oaths)
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Minced_oath (349 words)

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