NN25b

Weakened substitutes for ‘damn’ or ‘damned’: “Well, I’ll be ________!”

This question was slightly altered from the 1965–70 question.

DARNED17
DIPPED6
DOGGONED6
DANGED5
A SONOVAGUN1
BLAMED1
CALLING SOMEONE’S MOM1
DARN1
JIGGERED1
UP TO MY EARS IN IDIOTS1

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