Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- interj. Used to express mild surprise or delight.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- A minced oath, commonly in the phrase by gosh.
Wiktionary
- interj. A mild expression of surprise or enthusiasm as to be put in place of “God”, particularly in fear of saying the Lord’s name in vain.
Etymologies
- Alteration of God.
Examples
“(I know it's a substitution swear, but gosh is it fun to say on its own, too.)”
“My gosh is he so power hungry that he and his wife just can't fade off into the sunset and grow old together peacefully?”
“My gosh, is anyone uncertain about how big a victory the Demo Party will win come 4/11/08, no matter who the candidate is.?”
“Those things cost the combined output of several star systems just to build, and if you have to take over the whole imperial senate just to get the power to make one, gosh, is it really worth it?”
“I guess during her hiatus she had her foot surgically taken out of her mouth so she wouldn't make any more dumb and stupid comments, gosh, is there a spot for her on Sat Nite Live or Comedy Central why they both 'splain away why they sat in this guy's church, Rev. Wright who said all of the wrong things, gosh, I wonder what they would say and try to' splain away if they are really doing international diplomatic relations ...”
“Respect that little bit of what Dean calls the gosh-wows.”
“Oh, gosh, that is the worst, isn't it, trying to shovel snow across the country?”
“Question 3: Those who always say that we are in Iraq for the oil (gosh, that is really getting old), are you for or against ANWR?”
“WHITFIELD: Oh, my gosh, that is extraordinary, and that really has become the case for a lot of people across the country.”
“Oh, my gosh, that is almost the name of the Al Gore ...”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘gosh’.
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Expletive Mimicry
Words that sound like words you shouldn't use.
frak, feldergarb, dagummit, daggum, gosh, darn, golly, fiddleesticks, fudge, gee, dang, shoot and 36 more...
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Utah Words
sluff, fetch, heck, yewt, coogar, flip, zoobie, dang, darn, jeez, frick, gosh
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Things you might hear on a Mormon Sunday
Come on brothers and sisters!
in my heart of he..., every fiber of my..., i'd like to bear ..., brothers and sisters, sweet spirit, edify, please bless, jesus wants me fo..., visiting teacher, relief society, elders quorum, quorum of the 12 and 39 more...
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one word exclamations
keep it rated G please, thanks!
( randomness )zoiks, sheesh, gosh, shucks, jeez, woot, heck, thunderation, oops, gadzooks, what, hey and 49 more...
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Euphemisms for Curses
dang, darn, heck, shucks, shoot, dad gummit, dad burn it, gol dingit, sheesh, jeez, tarnation, consarn it and 8 more...
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Words that can be spelled on an upside-down cal...
Imagine my joy when I was wearing my calculator watch and was first introduced to someone named Leslie - there was exactly enough room on the display for 317537.14.
Edit: I've discove...hi, hello, leslie, sheesh, she, bells, hells, hog, boss, goggles, he, bob and 69 more...

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