NN27a
Weakened substitutes for ‘god’: “My ________!”
| GOSH | 545 |
| GOODNESS | 216 |
| LORD | 153 |
| GOLLY | 89 |
| HEAVENS | 63 |
| STARS | 50 |
| GRACIOUS | 46 |
| NR | 21 |
| GAD | 20 |
| WORD | 17 |
| LAND | 10 |
| GOD | 7 |
| GOL | 7 |
| BY GOLLY | 6 |
| FATHER | 6 |
| GOOD LORD | 5 |
| STARS AND GARTERS | 5 |
| GOLLIES | 4 |
| HEAVEN | 4 |
| JESUS | 4 |
| MAKER | 4 |
| SAVIOR | 4 |
| GADS | 3 |
| GLORY | 3 |
| GOODNESS GRACIOUS | 3 |
| GORRY | 3 |
| HEAVENLY FATHER | 3 |
| LANDS | 3 |
| ACHING BACK | 2 |
| BY GODFREY | 2 |
| BY GORRY | 2 |
| BY GUM | 2 |
| COW | 2 |
| GARSH | 2 |
| GAWD | 2 |
| GOOD HEAVENS | 2 |
| GOT | 2 |
| LAWD | 2 |
| SOUL | 2 |
| YE GADS | 2 |
| AUNT NELLIE | 1 |
| BY CRACKY | 1 |
| BY GINGER | 1 |
| BY GOSH | 1 |
| BY GRACIOUS | 1 |
| BY THE GREAT JEHOVAH | 1 |
| CHRIST | 1 |
| FATHERS | 1 |
| G– | 1 |
| G.D. | 1 |
| GAA | 1 |
| GARDEN SEED | 1 |
| GARDENIA | 1 |
| GEE | 1 |
| GEMINI | 1 |
| GEORGE | 1 |
| GOD BLESS AMERICA | 1 |
| GODFREY | 1 |
| GOLLY BUM | 1 |
| GOLLY GEE | 1 |
| GOOD GRAVY | 1 |
| GOODNESS AGNES | 1 |
| GOODNESS ME | 1 |
| GORD | 1 |
| GORSH | 1 |
| GOSH ALMIGHTY | 1 |
| GOSH A’MIGHTY | 1 |
| GOSHEE | 1 |
| GOT ALMIGHTY | 1 |
| GREAT HEAVENS | 1 |
| GREAT JEHOSAPHAT | 1 |
| GRIEF | 1 |
| GUD BEVARES | 1 |
| GUM | 1 |
| GUNS | 1 |
| HAT | 1 |
| HEAVEN SAKES ALIVE | 1 |
| HIMMEL | 1 |
| HOLY MACKEREL | 1 |
| JUDAS | 1 |
| LAW | 1 |
| LAWS | 1 |
| LAWSY | 1 |
| LORD AND MASTER | 1 |
| LORD AND SAVIOR | 1 |
| LORDY | 1 |
| MASTER | 1 |
| MY | 1 |
| OH GOODNESS | 1 |
| OH LORDY | 1 |
| OLD FELLER UP ABOVE | 1 |
| PATIENCE | 1 |
| REDEEMER | 1 |
| SAKES ALIVE | 1 |
| SHUCKS | 1 |
| SOUL BODY | 1 |
| STAR | 1 |
| STARS ABOVE | 1 |
| STARS AND STRIPES | 1 |
| YE GODS | 1 |
| YE GODS AND LITTLE FISHES | 1 |
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