NN26a

Weakened substitutes for ‘hell’: “Oh ________!”

HECK 695
HADES 135
NR 44
SHUCKS 24
SHOOT 22
DEVIL 13
PSHAW 9
GOSH 8
HELL 8
GOLLY 7
DAMNATION 6
HEAVENS 6
HELP 5
DARN 4
HALLELUJAH 4
HANG 4
HELL-O 4
HELL’S BELLS 4
TARNATION 4
BLAZES 3
DAMN 3
GEE 3
H– 3
HELLO 3
MY GOODNESS 3
NUTS 3
PURGATORY 3
THUNDER 3
TORMENT 3
BLAST IT 2
BOSH 2
DARN IT 2
DEAR 2
DICKENS 2
FUDGE 2
GLORY 2
GOD 2
HEAVEN 2
H-E-DOUBLE-L 2
H-E-L-L 2
MY 2
OH SHUCKS 2
PHOOEY 2
THE DEVIL 2
AH THUNDER 1
BLAME IT 1
BOY 1
BROTHER 1
BULL 1
BY HECK 1
BY HECK-DOODLE 1
CRAP 1
CRAP ON A BOB-WIRE FENCE 1
CREAM 1
CURSES 1
DANG IT 1
DARMNATION 1
DARN IT ALL 1
DEVIL TAKE THE HINDMOST 1
DEVIL WITH IT 1
DEVIL’S HOME 1
DOWN BELOW 1
DOWN THERE 1
FIDDLE 1
FIDDLESTICKS 1
FIRE AND DAMNATION 1
FURY 1
GARSH 1
GO TO 1
GO TO THE DEVIL 1
GOOD GRAVY 1
GOODNESS 1
GORSH 1
GOSH DARN IT 1
HALIFAX 1
HANG IT 1
HASH 1
HEAVEN AND EARTH 1
HEAVENLY DAYS 1
HECK WITH YE 1
HECK-FIRE 1
HECK-TO-MALOOLA 1
HECTOR 1
HELEN BLAZES 1
HELENA 1
HELL AND DAMNATION 1
“HELL, HEAVEN, OR HOBOKEN” 1
HELLFIRE 1
HELLO MARY 1
HELL’S FIRE 1
HELLUP 1
HEN 1
HEP 1
HOOEY 1
HOOT 1
HOT PLACE 1
INFERNO 1
NETHER REGIONS 1
NO 1
NONSENSE 1
OH HECK 1
PERDITION 1
POO 1
POOP 1
RATS 1
SHAW 1
SHIT 1
SPIT 1
SUGAR 1
THUNDERATION 1
TO HECK WITH IT 1
TO HECK WITH THAT 1
TO POT WITH IT 1
TOMMYROT 1
TUT 1
WELL 1
WHAT A MELL OF A HESS 1

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