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Son of a biscuit!
Meaning
- A G-rated expletive used as a substitute for more colorful profanity. It is the polite way to express frustration without offending the neighbors or your grandmother.
Whimsical, cautious
Used in a sentence
- Son of a biscuit, I forgot to buy milk at the store.
- Son of a biscuit, I just stubbed my toe on the coffee table.
- Well, son of a biscuit, the car will not start again.
The backstory
This is a classic minced oath, a linguistic trick designed to soften a swear word by replacing the offensive syllable with a nonsensical or benign one.
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