I use “dagnabit” occasionally, and I use “tarnation” frequently.
Catawampus - No, I use Kittywhumpus
Dagnabit - Yes
Skullduggery - Yes
Rapscallion - Yes, too often!
Tarnation - Not often
Flibbertigibbet - Yes
Hugger-mugger - No
Absquatulate - No
Blotto - No
Hoosegow - No
Rumpus - Yes
Skinflint - Yes
Higgledy-piggledy - Yes
Piffle - Very Often!
Flapdoodle - No
Lepidopterist - Yes, surprisingly!
Catawampus - no, but I foresee using it in the near future
Dagnabit - yes, on occasion
Skullduggery - yes, fairly often
Rapscallion - named a kitten this once
Tarnation - “where in tarnation are my car keys” - yes (infrequent)
Flibbertigibbet - yes
Hugger-mugger - no
Absquatulate - no
Blotto - yes (infrequent)
Hoosegow - yes (rare)
Rumpus - yes (following readings of a certain Maurice Sendak book)
Skinflint - yes (often)
Higgledy-piggledy - maybe once?
Piffle - ALL the time
Flapdoodle - yes (infrequent)
Lepidopterist - I know what this is. I may have used it. It just doesn’t come up a lot.
All words listed below are words that I have used at one point or another in my life:
Skullduggery
Rapscallion
Tarnation
Hugger-mugger
Blotto
Hoosegow
Rumpus
Skinflint
Higgledy-piggledy
Piffle
[Johnny Carson]I did not know that.[/JC}
I never heard it before I saw Joe vs. the Volcano.
Catawampus – at one time or another, but not regularly.
Dagnabit – I’d probably use “drat!” first
Skullduggery – pretty sure I’ve used that at least once
Rapscallion – never. I hate rap, and the only scallion I might refer to would be in a cassarolle.
Tarnation – not unless I was quoting a very old “oater.”
Flibbertigibbet – My grandmother might have used that one.
Hugger-mugger – I can’t even remember where I saw this, although I’m sure I did.
Absquatulate – I dunno what it means, so wouldn’t use it.
Blotto – been there, said that
Hoosegow – might have, if I’d just seen an old western.
Rumpus – sure, in reference to a “rumpus room.”
Skinflint – along with miser, cheapskate, and that old standby niggard (check your dictionary, folks. I didn’t say anything racist).
Higgledy-piggledy – not never, not nohow
Piffle – the last time I played tiddly-winks with a wrestler
Flapdoodle – never
Lepidopterist – only when talking about someone who studies butterflies.
Catawampus - (It’s kattywampus), only when mocking my Mom
Dagnabit - nope
Skullduggery - occasionally
Rapscallion - rarely
Tarnation - very rarely
Flibbertigibbet - once in a while
Hugger-mugger - never
Absquatulate - never
Blotto - rarely
Hoosegow - very rarely
Rumpus - nope
Skinflint - once in a while
Higgledy-piggledy - nope
Piffle - yes
Flapdoodle - nope
Lepidopterist - where appropriate
The list needs
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I can, as a matter of fact, use “Catawampus”, “Dagnabit”, “Skullduggery”, “Rapscallion”, “Tarnation”, “Flibbertigibbet”, “Hugger-mugger”, “Absquatulate”, “Blotto”, “Hoosegow”, “Rumpus”, “Skinflint”, “Higgledy-piggledy”, “Piffle”, “Flapdoodle”, "and “Lepidopterist” in one sentence!
Catawampus no
Dagnabit yes
Skullduggery yes
Rapscallion yes
Tarnation yes
Flibbertigibbet no
Hugger-mugger no
Absquatulate no
Blotto yes
Hoosegow yes
Rumpus yes
Skinflint yes
Higgledy-piggledy no
Piffle yes
Flapdoodle no
Lepidopterist no
Catawampus - No
Dagnabit - Yes, humourously
Skullduggery - Yes
Rapscallion - Yes, humourously
Tarnation - Yes, humourously
Flibbertigibbet - No
Hugger-mugger - No
Absquatulate - No
Blotto - No
Hoosegow - Yes, humourously
Rumpus - Yes
Skinflint - Yes
Higgledy-piggledy - No
Piffle - Yes
Flapdoodle - No
Lepidopterist - Yes ( I have several entomologist friends 
)
- Tamerlane
Catawampus - yep
Dagnabit - yep, and variations thereof
Skullduggery - all the time
Rapscallion - not lately
Tarnation - nope
Flibbertigibbet - yes
Hugger-mugger - sometimes
Absquatulate - new one on me
Blotto - sometimes
Hoosegow - not lately
Rumpus - yes
Skinflint -no
Higgledy-piggledy - no
Piffle - all the time
Flapdoodle - sometimes
Lepidopterist - have no clue what this is, so no, don’t use it
I’m very fond of the word “apoplectic” – as in, “I was apoplectic when the servers went down this morning.”
Catawampus???
I LOOK for chances to use catawmpus.
I weap for the fact that I can’t use it more often.
The other…not so much.
Although I might use them from time to time.
Yes, this is where I heard it too. I kept hearing the woman’s voice and picturing Meg Ryan. It drove me crazy, so I looked her up on IMDB…when I saw Joe vs. The Volcano, it clicked.
Catawampus; occ , as in “all Cattywumpus”, that is all askew & disarranged.
Dagnabit; only used by Yosemite Sam
Skullduggery; yes
Rapscallion; yes
Tarnation; again, Yosemite Sam
Flibbertigibbet; as in “she’s a Flibberty-gibbert”, once in a great while
Hugger-mugger. Never
Absquatulate; no
Blotto; as in “he’s drunk, sideways, blotto”- yes.
Hoosegow; the jail- once in a while
Rumpus; only when “room” comea after, and rarely then.
Skinflint; perfect word for Mr Burns
Higgledy-piggledy; no
Piffle; rarely
Flapdoodle. never
Lepidopterist; if they are indeed, a butterfly collector.
Why?
No.
I recognize all of them, and I know what all except absquatulate mean.
Catawampus-no
Dagnabit-yes, several times a week. I’ve been spelling it with two Bs.
Skullduggery-yes
Rapscallion-yes, but not often
Tarnation-seldom
Flibbertigibbet-yes
Hugger-mugger-no
Absquatulate-no
Blotto-yes
Hoosegow-yes, but seldom
Rumpus-no
Skinflint-no
Higgledy-piggledy-no
Piffle-no
Flapdoodle-no
Lepidopterist-no. My life contains no opportunities to speak of this specialty.
My great aunt Ivy used flibbertigibbet, but she used it as an adjective meaning, “in a dither” or “discombobulated.”
I never looked it up, but I guessed it derived from the jerking a body does at the end of a noose.
Catawampus -rarely
Dagnabit - yep
Skullduggery -yep
Rapscallion - not really
Tarnation - yep
Flibbertigibbet - yep
Hugger-mugger - nope
Absquatulate - huh?
Blotto - yep
Hoosegow- rarely usually use pokey
Rumpus - rarely usually use ruckus
Skinflint - yep
Higgledy-piggledy - rarely
Piffle - yep as in “poof poof piffle” when things just don’t go right
Flapdoodle - nope
Lepidopterist - I suppose if I knew one or had a reason to refer to one but in general … no
Ones I know I’ve used in speech or writing are bolded.
Catawampus
Dagnabit
Skullduggery
Rapscallion (I made up a counterpart to the California Raisins and named him Rap Scallion – he’s a rhyme-bustin’ onion.)
Tarnation
Flibbertigibbet
Hugger-mugger
Absquatulate
Blotto
Hoosegow
Rumpus
Skinflint
Higgledy-piggledy (it’s the default first line of the poetic form known as the double dactyl)
Piffle
Flapdoodle
Lepidopterist
I’ve seen all the others before I clicked on this thread.