NN27b
Weakened substitutes for ‘God’: “For ________ sake(s)!”
This question was slightly altered from the 1965–70 question.
| GOODNESS | 11 |
| HEAVEN’S | 10 |
| PETE’S | 9 |
| CRIPE | 7 |
| HEAVENS | 2 |
| PETE | 2 |
| PETEY | 2 |
| CHRISSAKE | 1 |
| CHRIST | 1 |
| CHRIST’S | 1 |
| CRAP’S | 1 |
| CRIPES | 1 |
| “GOD/DESS, PITY’S” | 1 |
| GOLLY’S | 1 |
| GRACIOUS | 1 |
| LAND | 1 |
| LORD’S | 1 |
| PITY | 1 |
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