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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