Etymology

gosh

G2O1S1H4

Today it means: A mild expression of surprise or enthusiasm. Full definition →

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The story

Altered from 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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