Taboo deformation is the alteration or substitution of a word for something that is taboo.
Some taboo-deformed words:
- fuck
- fsck, friggin
- God-damn
- doggone
- God rot
- drat
Some taboo-replaced words:
- rksos (Indo-European bear)
- bruin (brown) in Germanic, medw-etis (honey-eater) in Slavic
- leg (of chicken)
- drumstick