NN25b
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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