gosh

intj
/ɡɒʃ/UK/ɡɑːʃ/US

Etymology

Altered from God. First seen in 1757 as by gosh, probably from by gosse in Nicholas Udall's Ralph Roister Doister (circa 1553).

Definitions

  1. A mild expression of surprise or enthusiasm.

    • Gosh, I didn’t realize I’d cause so much trouble!
    • Gosh, I’d love to go to that concert!
  2. Initialism of Great Ormond Street Hospital.

  3. A surname.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for gosh. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA