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“According to Joan Hall, editor of the Dictionary of American Regional English at the University of Wisconsin, the frequency of use of good grief and goodness gracious is running neck and neck, with good Lord and good gracious off the pace by half.”
Simon & Schuster: The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘good grief’.
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Peanuts
Words related to the cartoons of Charles M Schulz by the same name.
wishy-washy liberal, peanuts, snoopy, linus, lucy, fussbudget, woodstock, good grief, charlie brown, schroeder, peppermint patty, violet and 17 more...
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That's funny...
words that make you smile...
can be funny words, oxymorons or words describing laughter and fun.giggle, sniggle, snicker, chuckle, titter, guffaw, smile, hoot, twitter, hee-haw, tee-hee, snort and 68 more...
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Jumbo Shrimp
A list of classic oxymorons (using the term loosely). Named after my brother's favorite.
jumbo shrimp, fine mess, plastic glasses, plastic silverware, working vacation, alone together, head butt, new classic, adult children, baby grand, constant change, almost exactly and 191 more...
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wordn't-you-just-know-it
autopolyploid, stimthought, vandanbladderstiddle, word's eye view, ménagerie à trois, technonotice, bluebell, slanticular, ante-jentacular, splunge, turkish room, uxorial and 770 more...
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minced oaths
expostulations which originated as euphemisms for a stronger, socially unsanctioned, word or expression
strewth, zounds, land sakes, jiminy cricket, gorblimey, drat, begorrah, cripes, doggone it, gadzooks, odds bodkins, sacre bleu and 78 more...
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Reactions
Possible reactions
good grief, seriously, ew, yikes, wahoo, no way, catch you later, oh my goodness, nuh uh, give me a break, are you kidding me, holy smokes and 1 more...
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Valiero's Words
procrastination, bizarre, courgette, deeply-rooted, walrus, ohp, totally, definitely, back-stab, ampersand, obviously, anachronism and 19 more...
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G is for Guitar Face
My G Words
good grief, gruesome twosome, gal friday, gallop, galoshes, gangbusters, gaslight, gestapo, gigolo, gingersnaps, girdle, girl friday and 67 more...
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Phrases
come to pass, get rid of, til avsky for livet, good grief, yes, i wear all b...
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lea Charlie Brown is The Master of Good Grief. (Grief is always good. If you do not grief, your heart is dead, and that's not good.. for anyone.) Mar 2, 2009
dontcry John, it does me too! That's what I love about the title. It plays on those two words we all are so familiar with. I think that if I were in the market for a book on how to work through my grief, I'd pick this one off the shelf before one titled "Working Through Your Grief: 20 Easy Steps" (I totally made that up) or something like that. Personally, I don't do grief "good" at all. I very much prefer Charlie Brown's version!
Mar 2, 2009
john I don't mean to be flip or diminish anyone's grief, but this always reminds me of Charlie Brown:
Mar 2, 2009
dontcry It always hurts -- especially so when they just up and leave. I'm sorry for your grief.
There's another book of the same title, different author, available from Chevron Publishing.
Mar 1, 2009
lea Helpful book for some, I'm sure. Sometimes it hurts when other people leave us, just like that, and go back Home. Mar 1, 2009
dontcry Also the name of a book that helps people work through the grieving process. Mar 1, 2009
lea I thought to myself good grief, when I saw the previous page and the quote over there. Going to google now. Mar 1, 2009