| Quaint oath |
Eugene Sheffer |
06 Aug 2025 |
| "Criminies!" |
|
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| "Golly!" |
LA Times Daily |
22 Jun 2025 |
| Old-time oath |
Newsday |
08 May 2025 |
| "Criminy!" |
Premier Sunday |
04 May 2025 |
| "My goodness!" |
LA Times Daily |
25 Apr 2025 |
| "Crikey!" |
Eugene Sheffer |
16 Apr 2025 |
| "Gee whillikers!" |
Commuter |
14 Jan 2025 |
| Posh cries of worry |
|
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| "Good grief!" |
LA Times Daily |
29 Dec 2024 |
| Old-style "Yikes!" |
New York Times Mini |
03 Sep 2024 |
| "By Jove!" |
Premier Sunday |
01 Sep 2024 |
| "By love!" |
|
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| "By Jove!" |
New York Times |
25 Aug 2024 |
| "Yikes!" |
LA Times Daily |
23 Aug 2024 |
| "Zounds!" |
TV |
04 Aug 2024 |
| Old swear word |
|
|
| Quaint oath |
Newsday |
23 May 2024 |
| Aged beef? |
Newsday |
18 May 2024 |
| Quaint oath |
Newsday |
21 Apr 2024 |
| Old-fashioned swear word |
|
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| Quaint-sounding oath |
|
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| Old-time oath |
Newsday |
11 Jan 2024 |
| Quaint oath |
Newsday |
26 Nov 2023 |
| Quaint oath |
Eugene Sheffer |
18 Aug 2023 |
| "By gar!" |
Premier Sunday |
11 Jun 2023 |
| "Jeepers!" |
LA Times Daily |
16 Apr 2023 |
| "By Jove!" |
LA Times Daily |
07 Feb 2023 |
| 'Great Caesar's ghost!' |
New York Times |
15 Jan 2023 |
| Old-fashioned oath |
Newsday |
27 Dec 2022 |
| "Zounds!" |
LA Times Daily |
30 Nov 2022 |
| “Jumpin’ Jehoshaphat!” |
New York Times |
06 Nov 2022 |
| 'Jumpin' Jehoshaphat!' |
New York Times |
06 Nov 2022 |
| "Zounds!" |
Premier Sunday |
10 Jul 2022 |
| Quaint oath |
Eugene Sheffer |
02 May 2022 |
| "My heavens!" |
LA Times Daily |
26 Mar 2022 |
| 'My heavens!' |
The Washington Post |
26 Mar 2022 |
| Old-time oath |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Mar 2022 |
| "Good grief!" |
LA Times Daily |
15 Nov 2021 |
| “Jeepers!” |
New York Times |
03 Oct 2021 |
| 'Yipes!' |
The Washington Post |
21 Sep 2021 |
| "Yipes!" |
LA Times Daily |
21 Sep 2021 |
| Mild oath |
LA Times Daily |
15 Sep 2021 |
| Mild oath |
The Washington Post |
15 Sep 2021 |
| 'Heavens to Murgatroyd!' |
New York Times |
06 Aug 2021 |
| 'Holy smokes!' |
New York Times |
17 May 2021 |
| Quaint oath |
Eugene Sheffer |
21 Apr 2021 |
| "Yipes!" |
Premier Sunday |
28 Feb 2021 |
| Old-timey 'OMG!' |
New York Times |
17 Jan 2021 |
| "Good grief!" |
LA Times Daily |
09 Nov 2020 |
| 'Good grief!' |
The Washington Post |
09 Nov 2020 |
| "Yipes!" |
LA Times Daily |
25 Oct 2020 |
| 'Yipes!' |
The Washington Post |
25 Oct 2020 |
| “What treachery is this!” |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Oct 2020 |
| Quaint complaint |
Newsday |
20 Aug 2020 |
| 'Holy smokes!' |
The Washington Post |
10 Aug 2020 |
| "Holy smokes!" |
LA Times Daily |
10 Aug 2020 |
| “Heavens to Betsy!” |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Mar 2020 |
| 'Yikes!' |
Premier Sunday |
01 Mar 2020 |
| 'Crikey!' |
New York Times |
04 Oct 2019 |
| Old-school 81-Down |
Wall Street Journal |
31 Aug 2019 |
| Old-style "Yikes!" |
Universal |
28 Aug 2019 |
| Mild oath |
LA Times Daily |
04 Jul 2019 |
| Mild oath |
The Washington Post |
04 Jul 2019 |
| 'Mercy me!' |
Premier Sunday |
30 Jun 2019 |
| 'Zounds!' |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Jun 2019 |
| 'Zounds!' |
Premier Sunday |
02 Jun 2019 |
| 'My goodness!' |
Jonesin |
14 May 2019 |
| Mild oath |
|
|
| "Crikey!" |
|
|
| Old-school 81-Down |
|
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| "Zounds!" |
|
|
| Old-style "Yikes!" |
|
|
| 'Yipes!' |
Premier Sunday |
14 Oct 2018 |
| 'Jeepers!' |
The Washington Post |
16 May 2018 |
| "Jeepers!" |
LA Times Daily |
16 May 2018 |
| Bygone equivalent of 'OMG!' |
New York Times |
10 May 2018 |
| 'Good gravy!' |
New York Times |
01 May 2018 |
| 'Mercy me!' |
New York Times |
05 Apr 2018 |
| "By Jove!" |
Universal |
12 Mar 2018 |
| 'Good heavens!' |
The Washington Post Sunday |
25 Feb 2018 |
| 'Jiminy crickets!' |
The Washington Post Sunday |
11 Feb 2018 |
| 'Holy cow!' |
New York Times |
08 Feb 2018 |
| "Holy cow!" |
|
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| "Good gravy!" |
|
|
| Bygone equivalent of "OMG!" |
|
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| "Mercy me!" |
|
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| "Jeepers!" |
|
|
| 'Heavens to Murgatroyd!' |
New York Times |
02 Dec 2017 |
| 'My heavens!' |
The Washington Post |
16 Aug 2017 |
| "My heavens!" |
LA Times Daily |
16 Aug 2017 |
| 'My word!' |
Premier Sunday |
11 Jun 2017 |
| 'Zounds!' |
The Washington Post |
28 May 2017 |
| "Zounds!" |
LA Times Daily |
28 May 2017 |
| "My heavens!" |
|
|
| "Zounds!" |
|
|
| "Heavens to Murgatroyd!" |
|
|
| Quaint oath |
Newsday |
27 Nov 2016 |
| 'Great Caesar's ghost!' |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Aug 2016 |
| 'Omigosh!' |
The Washington Post |
26 Jul 2016 |
| 'Bejabbers!' |
Premier Sunday |
12 Jun 2016 |
| Quaint exclamation |
The Washington Post |
28 Feb 2016 |
| 'By gar!' |
Premier Sunday |
28 Feb 2016 |
| "Zounds!" |
Universal |
27 Jan 2016 |
| "Zounds!" |
|
|
| "Holy moly!" |
LA Times Daily |
06 Dec 2015 |
| 'Crikey!' |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Oct 2015 |
| Bygone oath |
Jonesin |
24 Sep 2015 |
| Mild expletive of old |
USA Today |
24 Aug 2015 |
| "Heavens to Betsy!" |
Universal |
15 Mar 2015 |
| "Tarnation!" |
LA Times Daily |
28 Feb 2015 |
| Quaint oath |
New York Times |
22 Feb 2015 |
| "Oh my goodness!" |
LA Times Daily |
25 Jan 2015 |
| 'Yikes!' |
New York Times |
14 Jan 2015 |
| "Oh my gosh!" |
|
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| Old-time yelp |
|
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| "Heavens to Betsy!" |
|
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| Mild expletive of old |
|
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| Quaint oath |
|
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| "Yikes!" |
|
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| "Crikey!" |
|
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| "Holy moly!" |
|
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| "Oh my goodness!" |
|
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| "Tarnation!" |
|
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| "Great Caesar's ghost!" |
|
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| "Holy moly!" |
|
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| "OMG!," old-style |
|
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| "Zounds!" |
|
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| "Goodness!" |
|
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| Old-timey "Yikes!" |
|
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| "OMG!" ancestor |
|
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| "Great Scott!" |
|
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| Antiquated exclamation |
|
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| Old-school lament |
|
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| "Goodness gracious!" |
|
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| Mild expletive |
|
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| "My stars!" |
|
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| Mild oath from the past |
|
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| Mild oaths of yore |
|
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| Mild oath of yore |
|
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| Mild oath of yore |
|
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| Quaint oath |
|
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| "Good heavens!" |
|
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| "My stars!" |
|
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| Old-school oath |
|
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| "Gloriosky!" |
|
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| "Good gravy!" |
|
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| Old-school outburst |
|
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| "Great balls of fire!" |
|
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| "Oh, my goodness!" |
|
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| "Oh, no!" |
|
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| "Holy moly!" |
|
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| "By Jove!" |
|
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| Old-fashioned oath |
|
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| Mild expletive |
|
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| "Fetch my smelling salts!" |
|
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| "Fetch my smelling salts!" |
|
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| "Gadzooks!" |
|
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| "Good heavens!" |
|
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| "Yikes!" |
|
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| Old-school oath |
|
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| "Yoicks!" |
|
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| "Good heavens!" |
|
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| "Drat!" |
|
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| "Yikes!" |
|
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| Old-school oath |
|
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| "Great Scott!" |
|
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| Outdated interjections |
|
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| "Drat!" |
|
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| "Gadzooks!" |
|
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| "My stars!" |
|
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| "Goodness gracious!" |
|
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| 'By Jove!' |
|
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| 'My stars!' |
|
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| "By Jove!" |
|
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| "By Jove!" |
|
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| "Holy Toledo!" |
|
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| "Tarnation!" |
|
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| "Yikes!" |
|
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| "Yumpin' yiminy!" |
|
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| "By Jove!" |
|
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| "Holy Toledo!" |
|
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| "Zounds!" |
|
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| "Zounds!" |
|
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| Old-time oath |
|
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| "Zounds!" |
|
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| "Heavens to Betsy!" |
|
|
| Cry of consternation |
|
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| "Zounds!" |
|
|
| Edwardian outburst |
|
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| "OMG!," quaintly |
|
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| "Great Caesar's ghost!" |
|
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| "Holy moly!" |
|
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| "Oh my goodness!" |
|
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| "Yipes!" |
|
|
| Antiquated exclamation |
|
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| Quaint exclamation |
|
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| "Gosh," years ago |
|
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| Quaint exclamation |
|
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| "My word!" |
|
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| Holy smokes! |
|
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| "Yikes!" |
|
|
| ___ button (malfunctioning missile destroyer) |
|
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| "Yipes!" |
|
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| "My word!" |
|
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| "My goodness!" |
|
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| Holy smokes! |
|
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| "Holy smokes!" |
|
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| Quaint oath |
|
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| Old-time exclamation |
|
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| "Crikey!" |
|
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| Mild oath |
|
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| "Holy smokes!" |
|
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| Major Hoople's "whoops" |
|
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| Oath of old |
|
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| Quaint oath |
|
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| Mild epithet |
|
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| "Zounds!" relative |
|
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| "Goodness gracious!" |
|
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| "Good grief!" |
|
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| "Zounds!" relative |
|
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| Antiquated exclamation |
|
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| Yikes! |
|
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| Quaint cry |
|
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| "Heavens to Betsy!" |
|
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| Quaint expletive |
|
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| Old-fashioned outburst |
|
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| "Heavens!", quaintly |
|
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| Quaint oath |
|
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| Zounds! |
|
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| "Good grief!" |
|
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| "Goodness gracious!" |
|
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| Mild epithet |
|
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| "Oh, no!" |
|
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| Expression of surprise |
|
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| "Good grief!" |
|
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| Old oath |
|
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| "Oh dear!" |
|
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| "Crikey!" |
|
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| "My goodness!" |
|
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| "My stars!" |
|
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| Old-school yell |
|
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| "Zounds!" |
|
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| "Criminy!" |
|
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| Old oath |
|
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| "Great Caesar's ghost!" |
|
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| Word of mock horror |
|
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| Mild expletive |
|
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| "Holy cow!" |
|
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| Old-time oaths |
|
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| Old oath |
|
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| Old oath |
|
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| Mild oath |
|
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| 'My word!' |
|
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| "Holy smokes!" |
|
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| Quaint oath |
|
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| "My word!" |
|
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| "My word!" |
|
|
| Distressed exclamation |
|
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| Mild 60-Across |
|
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| Old-style "Yikes!" |
|
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| "My stars!" |
|
|
| Old-time oath |
|
|
| "Oh my goodness!” |
|
|
| "Omigosh!" |
|
|
| Quaint exclamation |
|
|
| "Holy smokes!" |
|
|
| "Goodness gracious!" |
|
|
| Cry from Jeeves |
|
|
| "Holy cow!" |
|
|
| Old-style "Yikes!" |
|
|
| "I never thought of that!" |
|
|
| "My goodness!" |
|
|
| "Oh my goodness!" |
|
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| Mild epithet |
|
|
| Kin of drats |
|
|
| "Jiminy!" |
|
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| "Oh my gosh!" |
|
|
| Old oath |
|
|
| Old-time exclamation |
|
|
| Affected-sounding outburst |
|
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| "Omigosh!" |
|
|
| Mild 60-Across |
|
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| "Zooks!" |
|
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| "Holy cow!" |
|
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| "Yikes!" |
|
|
| Quaint oath |
|
|
| Old-time oath |
|
|
| Word of mock horror |
|
|
| "Oh my heavens!" |
|
|
| Old oath |
|
|
| Old oath |
|
|
| Old-time exclamations |
|
|
| ___ button (switch that destroys an errant missile) |
|
|
| "By Jove!" |
|
|
| "Yikes!" |
|
|
| "Good grief!" |
|
|
| "By Jove!" |
|
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| Zounds! |
|
|
| Mild oath |
|
|
| Mild expletives |
|
|
| Mild expletive |
|
|
| "Oh, my!" |
|
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| "My word!" |
|
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| "I say!" |
|
|
| Mild oath of yore |
|
|
| Archaic oath |
|
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| Holy cow! |
|
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| By Jove! |
|
|
| Astonished outburst |
|
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| "My stars!" |
|
|
| "Rats!" old-style |
|
|
| "By Jove!" |
|
|
| Hoople's mutterings |
|
|
| Medieval oath |
|
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| Old-fashioned oaths |
|
|
| Old-time "Yipes!" |
|
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| "Holycow!" |
|
|
| Mild oath |
|
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| Mild oath |
|
|
| "Goodness gracious!" |
|
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| Mild oath of yore |
|
|
| Word of mock horror |
|
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| Yipes! |
|
|
| "Yipes!" |
|
|
| Old-time exclamation |
|
|
| "Holy cow!" |
|
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| "Yowzer!" |
|
|
| Mild oaths |
|
|
| Mild expletives |
|
|
| "My word!" |
|
|
| "Heavens!" |
|
|
| "Holy crow!" |
|
|
| Victorian expletive |
|
|
| "Heavens to Betsy!" |
|
|
| More than "Gosh!" |
|
|
| Mild oath |
|
|
| Good grief!: var. |
|
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| "Holy moly!" |
|
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| "My word!" |
|
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| Relatives of "Zounds!" |
|
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| Hoople whoops |
|
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| Mild oaths |
|
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| Mild expletives |
|
|
| Major Hoople's cries |
|
|
| Kin of 21 Down |
|
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| Zounds! |
|
|
| Drats' kin |
|
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| ___ button, missile-destroying switch |
|
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| Major Hoople's expletives |
|
|
| Oaths Degas never used |
|
|
| Golly's relatives |
|
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| "I say!" |
|
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| Archaic expletives. |
|
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| Old oaths. |
|
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| Expletives. |
|
|
| Dramatic oaths. |
|
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| Mild oaths. |
|
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| Old-timey oaths. |
|
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| Minced oaths. |
|
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| Old-time oaths. |
|
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| Old exclamations. |
|
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| Old-fashioned oaths. |
|
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| Quaint reply to some shocking news |
|
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| Mock-dramatic cry |
|
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| Astonished outburst |
|
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| "Oh, bother" |
|
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| Old oaths |
|
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| "I never!" |
|
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| Expletives used by Major Hoople. |
|
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