NN26b

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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