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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