# Need help compiling a list of expressions

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-compiling-a-list-of-expressions/957255>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 5, 2022, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-compiling-a-list-of-expressions/957255 "2022-01-05T12:14:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-compiling-a-list-of-expressions/957255/1 "2022-01-05T12:14:40Z")

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I want to create a very long list of very brief exclamations.

For example:

Holy cow!  
Good gravy!  
Criminy!  
Jeepers creepers!

You get the idea. Help a brother out?

mmm

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**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-compiling-a-list-of-expressions/957255/2 "2022-01-05T13:19:06Z")

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Jumping Jehoshaphat  
Holy Moses  
Holy Crap  
Ay Caramba  
Jesus H Christ  
Dag Namnit  
OMG  
WTF  
Amen Brother  
Halleluiah  
Pardon Me  
Pardon My French  
Gosh  
Golly  
Gee Whiz

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**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-compiling-a-list-of-expressions/957255/3 "2022-01-05T13:36:38Z")

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Holy schnikies!  
Holy hell!  
Bloody hell!  
Why-I-oughtta  
Wait, what?  
No worries  
Friggin-A!  
Effing-A!  
You’ve got to be effing kidding me  
No sh!t, Sherlock

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**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-compiling-a-list-of-expressions/957255/4 "2022-01-05T13:38:20Z")

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Holy alpaca!  
Kumquats alive  
Motherf…  
Wowsers

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**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-compiling-a-list-of-expressions/957255/5 "2022-01-05T13:51:10Z")

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Saints Alive!  
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph  
What the hell  
What the heck

(fr) Mon Dieu  
(fr) Ooo la la  
(fr) Tabernac!

(es) Dios mio!

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**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-compiling-a-list-of-expressions/957255/6 "2022-01-05T13:52:27Z")

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Jeez Louise  
Holy cannoli

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**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-compiling-a-list-of-expressions/957255/7 "2022-01-05T14:12:11Z")

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Great Odin’s raven!

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-compiling-a-list-of-expressions/957255/8 "2022-01-05T14:53:04Z")

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For the luvva…

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**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-compiling-a-list-of-expressions/957255/9 "2022-01-05T14:55:17Z")

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Christ on a cracker  
Holy living fuck

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-compiling-a-list-of-expressions/957255/10 "2022-01-05T14:57:22Z")

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Crap in a hat!

(Scarlett Johansson from _Robot Chicken_)

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-compiling-a-list-of-expressions/957255/11 "2022-01-05T15:07:10Z")

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Mother puss bucket!

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**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-compiling-a-list-of-expressions/957255/12 "2022-01-05T18:13:40Z")

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By Jove  
Holy smoke, Batman  
Elementary, my dear Watson\*  
Play it again, Sam\*\*  
My names Bond, James Bond  
Abracadabra  
Who let the dogs out?  
Book him, Danno

\*Sherlock never actually says this, but it’s still popular  
\*\*Rick never actually says this, but it’s still popular

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**Author:** ![alovem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-compiling-a-list-of-expressions/957255/13 "2022-01-05T18:47:04Z")

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Crikey!  
D’oh!  
Caramba!  
Niagra Falls!!! (Slowly I turned, step by step…)

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**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-compiling-a-list-of-expressions/957255/14 "2022-01-05T18:51:34Z")

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Hell’s teeth!  
Shag me sideways!  
(Well) Bugger me!

j

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**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-compiling-a-list-of-expressions/957255/15 "2022-01-05T19:16:52Z")

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(Well) Fuck my old boots.  
(Well) I’ll go to the bottom (or foot) of our stairs.

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-compiling-a-list-of-expressions/957255/16 "2022-01-05T21:10:19Z")

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Tarnation!

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**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-compiling-a-list-of-expressions/957255/17 "2022-01-06T12:43:59Z")

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Great guns!

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**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-compiling-a-list-of-expressions/957255/18 "2022-01-06T12:59:39Z")

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Shiver me timbers.  
Golly Gee Willikers.  
Well I’ll be damned.  
Well aint that a bitch. (The bitch is between your legs)  
Fuck me running naked.  
N\*\*\*\*r please.

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**Author:** ![Mrs\_Fairway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/47e85d/32.png) [@Mrs\_Fairway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs_Fairway)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-compiling-a-list-of-expressions/957255/19 "2022-01-06T14:17:43Z")

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Fuckity fuck fuck fuck

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**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-compiling-a-list-of-expressions/957255/20 "2022-01-06T17:10:29Z")

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Bollocks.

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