Weakened substututes for ‘damn’ or ‘damned’: “Well, I’ll be ________!”
DARNED | 489 |
DOGGONED | 150 |
DURNED | 136 |
SWITCHED | 53 |
HANGED | 45 |
NR | 44 |
DANGED | 41 |
DAD-GUMMED | 31 |
DAMNED | 22 |
HORNSWOGGLED | 21 |
MONKEY’S UNCLE | 19 |
DOGGONE | 16 |
JIGGERED | 16 |
SON OF A GUN | 15 |
DARN | 14 |
DOG | 13 |
BLESSED | 10 |
DOGGED | 10 |
BLAMED | 9 |
GOSH-DARNED | 7 |
GOL-DARNED | 6 |
I’LL BE | 6 |
CONFOUNDED | 5 |
DAD-BURNED | 5 |
DINGED | 5 |
CUSSED | 4 |
DAG-GONED | 4 |
DANG | 4 |
COW-KICKED | 3 |
FLABBERGASTED | 3 |
S.O.B. | 3 |
DAD-BLAMED | 2 |
DAGGED | 2 |
DAG-GONE | 2 |
DING | 2 |
DING-BUSTED | 2 |
DING-DONGED | 2 |
DUMBED | 2 |
DURN | 2 |
SON OF A BITCH | 2 |
BAMFOOZLED | 1 |
BEAT | 1 |
BLANKETY-BLANK | 1 |
BLINKED | 1 |
BLUE-NOSED GOPHER | 1 |
BUFFALOED | 1 |
BURNED | 1 |
BUSTED | 1 |
CAT-FETCHED | 1 |
CHARLIE BROWN | 1 |
COCK-EYED | 1 |
CONFOUND | 1 |
CORN-SWOGGLED | 1 |
COW-KICKED BY A MULE | 1 |
DAD-BLAME | 1 |
DAD-BLASTED | 1 |
DAD-BURN IT | 1 |
DAG-GUMMED | 1 |
DAG-NABBED | 1 |
DAMN | 1 |
DICKED | 1 |
DING-DUNG-DADDY | 1 |
DIPPED IN MUD | 1 |
DOD-DARNED | 1 |
DOG-BLASTED | 1 |
DOGGED MY FOOT | 1 |
DUMFOOZLED | 1 |
DUMFUZZLED | 1 |
DUNE | 1 |
FIDDLE-FADDLED | 1 |
FLIM-FLAMMED | 1 |
GOD-BLESSIT | 1 |
GOD-DAMNED | 1 |
GOD-DUMB | 1 |
GOL-DARN | 1 |
GOL-DURN | 1 |
GOLLY | 1 |
GOSH-DARN | 1 |
GO-TO-HELL | 1 |
GUMMED | 1 |
GUM-SWIZZLED | 1 |
HOG-TIED | 1 |
HUNG | 1 |
JIBBERS | 1 |
JOE HOOKERED | 1 |
JOHNNY JUMP-UP | 1 |
KICKED | 1 |
OH SHUCKS | 1 |
POKY-DOTTED POSSUM | 1 |
SAPSUCKER | 1 |
SON-OF-A-GUN | 1 |
STUMPED | 1 |
SWAN | 1 |
SWIGGLED | 1 |
SWITCH | 1 |
SWIZZLED | 1 |
SWOGGLED | 1 |
SWOONED | 1 |
WITCHED | 1 |
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