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Weakened substitutes for ‘hell’: “Go to ________!”

DEVIL 393
HADES 174
DICKENS 101
BLAZES 87
HECK 71
HOT PLACE 50
NR 47
GRASS 41
HALIFAX 28
H– 25
THUNDER 24
HELL 18
TORMENT 12
BAD PLACE 9
PURGATORY 8
GO JUMP IN THE LAKE 7
DOGS 6
GUINEA 6
POT 5
WHERE IT DON’T SNOW 5
YOU-KNOW-WHERE 5
PERDITION 4
DOWN BELOW 3
H-E-DOUBLE-L 3
JUMP IN A LAKE 3
LOWER REGIONS 3
AND STAY PUT 2
BOOGERMAN 2
DEUCE 2
GEHENNA 2
GO CHASE YOURSELF 2
GO FLY A KITE 2
GO SIT ON A TACK 2
GRASS AND EAT HAY 2
HANG 2
HEAVEN 2
HELL AND HUNT FOR IT 2
JUMP IN THE LAKE 2
LIMBO 2
TAKE A JUMP 2
TIMBUKTU 2
WHERE IT DOESN’T SNOW 2
“AKRON, OHIO” 1
BAD MAN 1
BALLWHACK 1
BALLY-HACK 1
BED 1
BLANK 1
BLANK-BLANKETY-BLUE 1
BLUE BLAZES 1
BRIMSTONE 1
CHINA 1
CHURCH 1
DAMNATION BOW-WOW 1
DEVIL AND STAY PUT 1
DOWNSTAIRS 1
FATHER 1
FIERY PLACE 1
GENEVA 1
GET GOING 1
GIT OUTA HERE 1
GLORY 1
GO BLOW 1
GO DOWN BELOW 1
GO DROWN YOURSELF 1
GO FLY YOUR KITE 1
GO GET LOST 1
GO HANG 1
GO JUMP 1
GO JUMP IN A LAKE 1
GO JUMP UP A STICK 1
GO LAY DOWN AND DIE 1
GO LAY DOWN SOMEWHERES 1
GO MILK A DUCK 1
GO OUTSIDE FOR A WHILE 1
GO SOMEWHERE 1
GO STICK YOUR HEAD IN A BUCKET OF WATER 1
GO STRAIGHT UP 1
GO TO … 1
GOODNESS 1
GRASS AND EAT CLOVER HAY 1
HABERTY-GRASS 1
HADES AND STAY PUT 1
HAMMER OF HADES 1
HANOVER 1
HAPPY HUNTING GROUND 1
HARNEY 1
HAZE 1
H-E-DOUBLE-TOOTHPICKS 1
H-E-DOUBLE-YOU 1
HELENA MONTANA 1
HELLUP ME UP AGAIN 1
HOLUMBACK 1
HOT COUNTRY 1
HOT REGIONS 1
HOT SPOT 1
HOTTER CLIMATE 1
JERICHO 1
JERUSALEM 1
JUMP IN THE RIVER 1
JUMPING-OFF PLACE 1
KALAMAZOO 1
KANSAS 1
MILLVILLE 1
MISCHIEF 1
MULLIN 1
OTHER PLACE 1
POT WITH IT 1
PREDITION 1
SATAN 1
SIT ON A TACK 1
STAY PUT 1
STAY PUT AND SIT ON A TACK 1
TARNATION 1
THE MISCHIEF 1
TOPHER 1
WHERE IT DON’T RAIN 1
WHERE THE WIND DON’T BLOW 1
WHERE YOU COME FROM 1
YOU KNOW WHERE YOU CAN GO 1
YOUR MOMMY 1

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