NN26c

Weakened substitutes for ‘hell’: “What the ________!”

HECK 612
DEVIL 232
SAM HILL 124
DICKENS 70
HELL 33
NR 31
BLAZES 21
DEUCE 19
BLUE BLAZES 18
WORLD 13
THUNDER 11
H– 6
TARNATION 6
IN THE WORLD 3
DARN 2
DICKEN 2
FUCK 2
HANG 2
SHIT 2
BLANKETY-BLANK 1
CAT HAIR 1
DAMN HELL 1
DANG 1
FAR 1
FART 1
FRIG 1
H– IS GOING ON HERE 1
HACK 1
HADES 1
HAIR OIL 1
HARRY 1
HEAVENS 1
HEAVEN’S NAME 1
HECK IS GOING ON 1
HECK’S GOING ON 1
HELCH 1
HELLO 1
HENFIRE 1
HI 1
HOE HANDLE 1
HOTEL 1
IN SAM HILL 1
IN TARNATION 1
IN THE NAME OF ALL GOOD PEOPLE 1
JERK 1
JOHN ROGERS 1
LAMB ARE YOU DOING 1
MISCHIEF 1
ON EARTH 1
SAM HARRY 1
SAND HILL 1
SON OF THE OLD MAN 1
TOM HAIR 1
WHO 1
YOUR MOTHER’S UNCLE 1

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