minced oath

English

Examples
cripes for Christ crud, sugar, or shoot for crap or shit darn or dang for damn geez for Jesus gosh, gad, gawd, or goodness for God heck for hell

minced oath (plural minced oaths)

A type of euphemism based on a profanity or blasphemy that has been altered to remove the objectionable characteristics of the original expression; a polite version of an expletive.

euphemism based on a profanity or blasphemy