golly
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i interjection Informal.
(used as a mild exclamation expressing surprise, wonder, puzzlement, pleasure, or the like.)
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| —interj | |
| an exclamation of mild surprise or wonder | |
| [C19: originally a euphemism for | |
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Golly
is always a great word to know.
So is gobo. Does it mean:
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| golly2 (ˈɡɒlɪ) | |
| —n , pl -lies | |
| informal (Brit) short for golliwog | |
| golly3 (ˈɡɒlɪ) | |
| —vb , -lies, -lying, -lied | |
| 1. | to spit |
| —n , -lies, -lying, -lied, -lies | |
| 2. | a gob of spit |
| [C20: altered from gollion a gob of phlegm, probably of imitative origin] | |
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Word Origin & History
golly
euphemism for God, first recorded 1775, in a source that refers to it as "a sort of jolly kind of oath, or asseveration much in use among our carters, & the lowest people."
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Example sentences
When she sees a beach, by golly, she throws off her shoes and goes dancing.
No, no one's knickers got into a twist until it came to contraception golly.
These type of gee-golly articles do little to further the cause of sustainability.
It's a ponderous, toned-down golly-gee-whiz performance.
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