Related Clues:

• Egad, e.g.
• Heck or darn, e.g.
• Seems as if raising the hem in here is a polite way of putting it
• MEP? Use him to spread an inoffensive word
• Raised edge is going into space, putting it mildly
• Common PC device?
• Replacement for a term of abuse?
• Left for dead, for example
• Inoffensive term used instead of an unpleasant one
• Inoffensive term instead of an unpleasant one
• A bit of indirect speech? That's nicer to hear
• 'The inflated style is itself a kind of -' (Orwell)
• Partially take up hem I smartly darned, for example
• Mild substitute for taboo word
• Indirect expression