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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