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Taboo deformation is the alteration or substitution of a word for something that is taboo.

Some taboo-deformed words in the English language:

fuck
fsck, friggin
God-damn
doggone
God rot
drat
God
gosh

Some taboo-replaced words:

rksos (Indo-European bear)
bruin (brown) in Germanic, medw-etis (honey-eater) in Slavic
leg (of chicken)
drumstick
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