I get daily emails from wordgenius.com with the vocabulary word of the day. I usually ignore them, but I was taken by this one.
I knew what the word meant, but I had never used it. It’s old-fashioned, but a welcome change from all the swearing we hear now, so it will be the title of tomorrow’s post.
September 1, 2020
It is a fun word. I have seen it played once on Words with Friends – nice point value I wish had been mine.
Yes, it’s going to replace, “Good, Lord!” for me. It has a bit more zip.
There’s one I haven’t heard in a long time. It is kind of fun to say
Yes. 🙂
I am embarrassed to say I had not really thought about what it meant…
No reason to be embarrassed, some of us are just showing our age by knowing about it.
Excellent!!!!
Very ‘Olde English’!!!!
Very cool…
~smile~
Yes, very old, and appropriate for us very old folks. 🙂
good lord – couldn’t imagine that saying that about the “rain that just suddenly arrived” – not that I would say “good lord” either…more likely nowadays to say “4 seasons in one day” or “blast forgot my brolly” “I’m going to get soaked to the bone”
“Good Lord” is the term I usually use, and I can see someone using gadzooks if the rain was unusual and unexpected. That’s not true for you. If we were suddenly rained on we would be more apt to say, “Hurray!”
I LOVe words, and I like this one. I actually use the shortened form of it all the time: Gads!
I hadn’t thought of that. Thanks. 🙂
Ah, yes, I have used this word many times over the years. Does that mean I’m getting old? Gadzooks!
I think you are like Andy and I now, officially “very old”. I’m proud of the fact. 🙂
Gadzooks! A mighty fine word. LOL
Yes! Mighty fine.
Gadzooks! What a word. It’s been eons since I’ve even heard it. You say “good lord”…I say “oh lordy” or “lord love a duck” oftentimes.
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A welcome change, indeed! Let’s see if we can’t make it go viral. 🙂
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I have heard the word and even used it a couple of times I got familiar with it because I used to read a lot of historical novels that used it cuz it’s really really old word
I know it’s really old, that’s why I love it. 😀
LOL! ““blast forgot my brolly” good one Catherine!
I’ve always thought of gadzooks as a word that a cartoon character says.
I don’t know where I got that idea. an old comic strip perhaps? I even can see the picture in my mind. he wore spats. YES! he wore spats and said gadzooks! lol
I don’t think I’ve actually ever used it. but I’m familiar with it.
I tend to say Great Scot! if I’m really appalled or even if I’m really impressed.
if I’m swearing I finish it off with Great Scot and Cat House Thursday.
don’t even ask me. I just made it up one day. and it stuck.
now that I think of it… that’s kind of silly to use it for both good AND bad.
oh well. Gadzooks! 😀 xo
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