Minced Blasphemy

About

This list is for minced oaths that stand in for words or phrases that are or were “impiously irreverent toward . . . sacred things” to some population (at least when used as oaths).

In English, these usually refer to an aspect (hypostasis) of the Christian mutation of the Abrahamic deity, and are a consequence of the religious proscriptions against speaking or writing the names of that deity (except on special occasions). Golly!

This is, however, an equal-opportunity list. If you know of oaths minced to prevent pastafarians blushing, please feel free to add them.