Posted on 07/10/2018 6:36:18 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
and that led me to minced oaths:
https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/minced-oath.html
I will let the reader look up the origin of the following:
Suffering succotash
Sacré bleu
Drat
Gadzooks
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