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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