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I reverted one edit which had changed "mock swear words" to "euphamisms" [sic], because the words are not quite euphemisms. A euphemism is a word or expression which is used in place of a less acceptable synonym. For example, "restroom" instead of "toilet". In the case of a mock swear word like ''dang'' or ''gosh'' (replacing ''damn'' and ''God'', respectively), the new words don't actually mean the same thing as the ones they replace. [[User:Eoinc|Eoinc]] 20:23, 10 June 2008 (EDT)
I reverted one edit which had changed "mock swear words" to "euphamisms" [sic], because the words are not quite euphemisms. A euphemism is a word or expression which is used in place of a less acceptable synonym. For example, "restroom" instead of "toilet". In the case of a mock swear word like ''dang'' or ''gosh'' (replacing ''damn'' and ''God'', respectively), the new words don't actually mean the same thing as the ones they replace. [[User:Eoinc|Eoinc]] 20:23, 10 June 2008 (EDT)
:Agreed but I can't, for the life of me, think of the right term. "Mock swear words" sounds a bit clunky to me and doesn't speak of the connection between the "real" and the "fake". "Naff" is a true "mock swear word" having been made up anew for a TV comedy about prisons (the characters had to swear all the time because it was set in prison, but couldn't because it was on TV). But "dang" and "gosh" actually ''derive'' from "damn" and "God". If you can think of anything, there are two usages of "euphamism" (one from me) just waiting for the right term!--[[User:Toffeeman|Toffeeman]] 17:23, 31 August 2008 (EDT)
:Agreed but I can't, for the life of me, think of the right term. "Mock swear words" sounds a bit clunky to me and doesn't speak of the connection between the "real" and the "fake". "Naff" is a true "mock swear word" having been made up anew for a TV comedy about prisons (the characters had to swear all the time because it was set in prison, but couldn't because it was on TV). But "dang" and "gosh" actually ''derive'' from "damn" and "God". If you can think of anything, there are two usages of "euphamism" (one from me) just waiting for the right term!--[[User:Toffeeman|Toffeeman]] 17:23, 31 August 2008 (EDT)
::I would consider these euphemisms. They don't have the same literal meaning as the words they replace, but they have the same function (e.g. expressing surprise, annoyance, used for emphasis, etc.) so they mean the same thing in the context in which they are used. [[User:Sideways|Sideways]] 17:30, 31 August 2008 (EDT)