| "Darn it!" |
New York Times |
05 Oct 2025 |
| "Phooey!" |
Thomas Joseph |
21 Aug 2025 |
| "Rats!" |
Eugene Sheffer |
30 Jul 2025 |
| "Darn it!" |
Commuter |
09 Jul 2025 |
| "Fudge!" |
Universal |
01 Jun 2025 |
| "Gosh darnit!" |
Commuter |
29 May 2025 |
| "Shoot" |
LA Times Daily |
28 May 2025 |
| "Oh, drat!" |
Newsday |
11 May 2025 |
| Expression similar to "Rats!" or "Drat!" |
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| "Phooey!" |
Eugene Sheffer |
26 Mar 2025 |
| "Aw, shucks!" |
USA Today |
23 Mar 2025 |
| "Darn it!" |
LA Times Daily |
20 Mar 2025 |
| "Aw, rats!" |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Mar 2025 |
| "Phooey!" |
Thomas Joseph |
10 Mar 2025 |
| "Shoot!" |
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| US exclamation of annoyance (4) |
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| "Phooey!" |
Eugene Sheffer |
10 Dec 2024 |
| "Tarnation!" |
Universal |
30 Nov 2024 |
| "Oh, heck!" |
LA Times Daily |
15 Nov 2024 |
| "Rats!" |
New York Times |
07 Nov 2024 |
| "Aw, shucks!" |
Wall Street Journal |
04 Nov 2024 |
| "Aw, heck!" |
USA Today |
30 Sep 2024 |
| Very mild expletive |
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| Mild exclamation of annoyance (US) (4) |
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| "Aw shoot!" |
LA Times Daily |
18 Aug 2024 |
| "Aw, shoot!" |
USA Today |
13 Aug 2024 |
| "Phooey!" |
LA Times Mini |
12 Aug 2024 |
| "How disappointing!" |
New York Times |
26 May 2024 |
| Expression similar to "Rats!" or "Drat!" |
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| "Phooey!" |
Commuter |
02 Jan 2024 |
| Mild oath |
Commuter |
22 Dec 2023 |
| 'Oh, fudge!' |
New York Times |
09 Aug 2023 |
| 'Darn it!' |
USA Today |
13 Jul 2023 |
| "Rats!" |
Eugene Sheffer |
30 Jun 2023 |
| Mild swear word |
Universal |
17 Apr 2023 |
| 'Wow!' |
USA Today |
07 Mar 2023 |
| 'Rats!' |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Feb 2023 |
| "Shucks!" |
Thomas Joseph |
03 Feb 2023 |
| "Rats!" |
Universal |
27 Jan 2023 |
| 'Darn!' |
Newsday |
11 Jan 2023 |
| 'Rats!' |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Nov 2022 |
| "Phooey!" |
Thomas Joseph |
16 Nov 2022 |
| "Doggone it!" |
Premier Sunday |
25 Sep 2022 |
| "Phooey!" |
Thomas Joseph |
04 Aug 2022 |
| 'Blast!' |
The Washington Post Sunday |
12 Jun 2022 |
| "Well, shoot!" |
Premier Sunday |
05 Jun 2022 |
| "Phooey!" |
Eugene Sheffer |
13 Apr 2022 |
| "Drat!" |
Universal |
06 Apr 2022 |
| "Aw, heck!" |
Universal |
13 Jan 2022 |
| "Rats!" |
Universal |
28 Dec 2021 |
| 'Doggone it!' |
The Washington Post Sunday |
07 Nov 2021 |
| Pa quitting field of play, once beaten |
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| 'Shoot!' |
New York Times |
01 Sep 2021 |
| "Rats!" |
Eugene Sheffer |
14 Aug 2021 |
| "Shoot!" |
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| 'That bites' |
USA Today |
22 Jul 2021 |
| Freaking |
LA Times Daily |
11 Jul 2021 |
| Freaking |
The Washington Post |
11 Jul 2021 |
| “Tarnation!” |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Jul 2021 |
| "Rats!" |
Universal |
30 Jun 2021 |
| “Shoot!” |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Apr 2021 |
| 'Rats!' |
USA Today |
10 Apr 2021 |
| "Rats!" |
LA Times Daily |
31 Mar 2021 |
| 'Rats!' |
The Washington Post |
31 Mar 2021 |
| 'Nuts!' |
New York Times |
08 Mar 2021 |
| Goldarn |
LA Times Daily |
12 Jan 2021 |
| 'Aw, heck!' |
Jonesin |
12 Jan 2021 |
| Goldarn |
The Washington Post |
12 Jan 2021 |
| "Phooey!" |
Thomas Joseph |
07 Dec 2020 |
| "Shoot!" |
|
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| "Drat!" |
Universal |
04 Oct 2020 |
| 'Oh, fudge!' |
New York Times |
23 Sep 2020 |
| "Phooey!" |
Eugene Sheffer |
17 Sep 2020 |
| ''Darn it!'' |
Newsday |
09 Aug 2020 |
| 'Wow!' |
USA Today |
28 May 2020 |
| Cousin of 'darn' |
USA Today |
16 May 2020 |
| 'Curses!' |
The Washington Post Sunday |
27 Oct 2019 |
| “Rats!” |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Oct 2019 |
| ''Rats!'' |
Newsday |
25 Aug 2019 |
| 'Aw, shoot!' |
Jonesin |
02 Jul 2019 |
| 'Rats!' |
Thomas Joseph |
05 Jun 2019 |
| 'Phooey!' |
New York Times |
14 Apr 2019 |
| "Phooey!" |
|
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| "Rats!" |
|
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| 'Phooey!' |
Eugene Sheffer |
28 Dec 2018 |
| G-rated expletive |
USA Today |
14 Dec 2018 |
| 'Oh, crud!' |
USA Today |
03 Dec 2018 |
| 'Rats!' |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Oct 2018 |
| 'Doggone it!' |
USA Today |
08 Sep 2018 |
| 'Goldarn it!' |
New York Times |
22 Jul 2018 |
| 'Fudge!' |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
22 Jun 2018 |
| 'Well, shoot!' |
New York Times |
28 May 2018 |
| "Aw, man!" |
Universal |
02 May 2018 |
| "Oh, no" |
Universal |
30 Apr 2018 |
| Twainesque expletive |
Newsday |
21 Apr 2018 |
| "Oh, nuts!" |
LA Times Daily |
07 Jan 2018 |
| 'Oh, nuts!' |
The Washington Post |
07 Jan 2018 |
| G-rated expletive |
|
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| "Oh, no" |
|
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| "Aw, man!" |
|
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| "Well, shoot!" |
|
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| "Goldarn it!" |
|
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| "Fudge!" |
|
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| "Oh, nuts!" |
|
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| "Doggone it!" |
|
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| "Oh, crud!" |
|
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| Mild oath |
The Washington Post |
17 Dec 2017 |
| Mild oath |
LA Times Daily |
17 Dec 2017 |
| 'Rats!' |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
20 Oct 2017 |
| "Oh, crud!" |
LA Times Daily |
27 Jul 2017 |
| 'Oh, crud!' |
The Washington Post |
27 Jul 2017 |
| 'Ain't that the worst!' |
New York Times |
21 Jul 2017 |
| "Aw, shoot!" |
USA Today |
03 Apr 2017 |
| 'Shucks!' |
The Washington Post |
14 Feb 2017 |
| "Oh, crud!" |
|
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| "Aw, shoot!" |
|
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| "Ain't that the worst!" |
|
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| Mild oath |
|
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| "Rats!" |
|
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| G-rated oath |
USA Today |
09 Nov 2016 |
| Mild oath |
Newsday |
30 Sep 2016 |
| Mild expletive |
LA Times Daily |
16 Sep 2016 |
| "Aw, fudge!" |
LA Times Daily |
07 Aug 2016 |
| Cotton-pickin' |
Jonesin |
12 Jul 2016 |
| ''Darn!'' |
Newsday |
06 Jul 2016 |
| 'Shucky darn!' |
The Washington Post |
13 Jun 2016 |
| "Shucks!" |
LA Times Daily |
08 May 2016 |
| "Aw, heck!" |
Universal |
02 May 2016 |
| "Phooey!" |
LA Times Daily |
01 May 2016 |
| "Curses!" |
USA Today |
17 Feb 2016 |
| 'Shoot!' |
The Washington Post |
10 Feb 2016 |
| "Shucks!" |
|
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| "Curses!" |
|
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| Mild expletive |
|
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| "Aw, fudge!" |
|
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| 'Consarnit!' |
Jonesin |
27 Oct 2015 |
| 'Phooey!' |
Thomas Joseph |
18 Mar 2015 |
| "Shoot!" |
|
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| "Rats!" |
|
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| "Darn it!" |
|
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| Mild complaint |
|
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| "Dadgummit!" |
|
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| "Shoot!" |
|
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| Backwoods epithet |
|
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| "Shucks!" |
|
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| "Aw, shoot" |
|
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| 'Gosh darn!' |
|
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| "Shoot!" |
|
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| "Shoot!" |
|
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| "Shoot!" |
|
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| "Rats!" |
|
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| "Phooey!" |
|
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| "Shucks!" |
|
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| Blasted |
|
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| "Nerts!" |
|
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| "Drat!" |
|
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| "Blast it!" |
|
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| "Well, I'll be ..." |
|
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| "Dadgummit!" |
|
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| Dratted |
|
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| "Dadgummit!" |
|
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| "Shoot!" |
|
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| Mild expletive |
|
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| Mild curse word |
|
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| "Phooey!" |
|
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| "Phooey!" |
|
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| "Phooey!" |
|
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| "Crud!" |
|
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| "___ Me" (Top-ten 1964 hit for Roger Miller) |
|
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| "Shucks!" |
|
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| "Durn it!" |
|
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| "Well, gosh darn!" |
|
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| Euphemistic curse |
|
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| "Goll-lee!" |
|
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| "Rats!" |
|
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| "Confound it!" |
|
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| "Consarn it!" |
|
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| Cotton-pickin' |
|
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| Toned-down expletive |
|
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| "Shucks!" |
|
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| 'Darn it all!' |
|
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| "Blast it!" |
|
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| "Consarnit!" |
|
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| "Durn it!" |
|
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| "Phooey!" |
|
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| Roger Miller expletive |
|
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| Old West exclamation |
|
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| "Goldurn it!" |
|
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| "Durn!" |
|
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| "Dagnab it!" |
|
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| "Confound it!" |
|
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| Mild expletive |
|
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| "Tarnation!" |
|
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| Backwoods interjection |
|
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| Cottonpickin' |
|
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| Darn |
|
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| "Blast it!" |
|
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| "Blast!" |
|
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| "__ Me" (Roger Miller tune) |
|
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| "Rats!" |
|
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| "Blast it!" |
|
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| "Drat!" |
|
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| 'Shoot!' |
|
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| "Blast!" |
|
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| "Drat!" |
|
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| 'Blasted!' |
|
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| "Dern it!" |
|
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| "Dagnabbit!" |
|
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| Mild expletive |
|
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| "Shoot!" |
|
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| "Consarn it!" |
|
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| "Phooey!" |
|
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| "Blast!" |
|
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| "___ Me," Roger Miller hit |
|
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| Kin of "Heck!" |
|
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| Mild oath |
|
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| "Consarn it!" |
|
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| "Durn it!" |
|
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| "Confound it!" |
|
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| Consarn it! |
|
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| Mild swear |
|
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| "Confound it!" |
|
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| "Rats!" |
|
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| Rats! |
|
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| Mild oath |
|
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| "Drat!" alternative |
|
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| "Shucks!" |
|
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| Shoot! |
|
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| See 26 Down |
|
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| Durn it! |
|
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| "Curses!" |
|
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| Curses! |
|
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| Mild oath |
|
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| Dogpatch expletive |
|
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| Swearer's euphemism |
|
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| "Confound it!" |
|
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| Mild oath |
|
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| Euphemistic curse |
|
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| Mild expletive |
|
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| "___ Me," 1964 song |
|
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| "Doggone!" |
|
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| Euphemistic oath |
|
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| Relative of drat |
|
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| Zeke's expletive |
|
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| "Darn!" |
|
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| Expletive |
|
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| Mild cussword |
|
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| "Oh Lawd!" |
|
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| Expletive, country style. |
|
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| Farmers' expletive. |
|
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| Rural oath |
|
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| "Shoot!" |
|
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| Mild oath. |
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