egad
Americaninterjection
interjection
Etymology
Origin of egad
First recorded in 1665–75; euphemistic alteration of oh God!
Example Sentences
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Just for the finger-licking alone, though, egad, I want to say I’d decline to go to their house whenever conceivably possible.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 29, 2023
Try the shoulder seasons or … egad, even winter!
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 27, 2021
But Alan Sokal is hardly an anti-intellectual—and, egad, neither, really, is George Will.
From Slate ● Jan. 26, 2017
And, egad, they even convinced us - hardcore self-planners - to go on a cruise.
From New York Times ● Aug. 9, 2016
How! why, close as two twin potatoes; in the same bed, egad!
From The Indian Princess La Belle Sauvage by Montrose Jonas Moses
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