Definitions

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  • interjection Expressing mild emotion, such as exasperation or frustration.
  • interjection Expressing strong emotion, such as amazement.

Etymologies

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Lord +‎ -y

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Examples

  • There are no-see-ums at Lake Chapala and in Guadalajara that are also no-feel-ums when they sting, but lordy lordy they itch like HELL and the itch lasts forever.

    biting insects 2009

  • We are WATCHING your every move and lordy lordy, when the elections roll around, all your crazy antics and corporate loving ways will be revealed in HD!

    Think Progress » Why Is Nelson OK With Using Reconciliation For Tax Cuts For Millionaires But Not For Health Care For Americans? 2010

  • Oh lordy, I am going to be staining trim until my thirty-seventh birthday -- at which point, coincidentally, I will be un-grounded from all the smartass remarks I made as a child that made my mother say, "All right for you, kid, you're grounded until you're thirty-seven," so that'll be a good milestone, un-grounded and done with staining the trim.

    Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway timprov 2010

  • Oh, my lordy, please let's all stop sticking "Fail" on the end of things.

    Ethics and Enthusiasm Hal Duncan 2009

  • And I love how you want the courts to be activists when it comes to the things you care about, but lordy try gettin some justice for the little people and suddenly the court system is all Marxist.

    Rupert Murdoch vows to take all of Newscorp's websites out of Google, abolish fair use, tear heads off of adorable baby animals - Boing Boing 2009

  • There are no-see-ums at Lake Chapala and in Guadalajara that are also no-feel-ums when they sting, but lordy lordy they itch like HELL and the itch lasts forever.

    biting insects 2009

  • There are no-see-ums at Lake Chapala and in Guadalajara that are also no-feel-ums when they sting, but lordy lordy they itch like HELL and the itch lasts forever.

    biting insects 2009

  • Oh lordy, I am going to be staining trim until my thirty-seventh birthday -- at which point, coincidentally, I will be un-grounded from all the smartass remarks I made as a child that made my mother say, "All right for you, kid, you're grounded until you're thirty-seven," so that'll be a good milestone, un-grounded and done with staining the trim.

    mrissa: "Though it's not a high lot." mrissa 2010

  • There are no-see-ums at Lake Chapala and in Guadalajara that are also no-feel-ums when they sting, but lordy lordy they itch like HELL and the itch lasts forever.

    biting insects 2009

  • That doesn't take away from my Tara love, but lordy, when Oz comes back?

    slayground: Author Interviews Little Willow 2009

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  • laaaaaaaawdy lawd lawd lawd

    February 7, 2007