gosh

Meaning

Interjection

  • A mild expression of surprise or enthusiasm.

Origin

  • Euphemism (or minced oath) for God. First seen in 1757 as by gosh, probably from by gosse in Nicholas Udall's Ralph Roister Doister (circa 1553).

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