Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of oh my gods.
Oh gods, did I just use the word "twitterati"?
2010 August 31, John Ashdown, “Transfer deadline day - as it happened”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Apr 20215 more examples
Vetru looked . . . oh gods, he looked so nearly like him yet so disturbingly unlike.
2000, Freda Warrington, “Vaurgroth Rising”, in The Sapphire Throne (The Jewelfire Trilogy; 2), London: Earthlight, →ISBN, page 525“Oh gods.” Peter backed up a shaky step, his attention on Sharon. “Oh gods, what have I done?” / “So much for faith,” Sharon said. “Or maybe you're swearing to your multiple gods out of habit.”
2007 April, Steven Harper [pseudonym; Steven Harper Piziks], chapter 14, in Unity (Battlestar Galactica), New York, N.Y.: Tor, →ISBN, page 261“And who do we think they are?” “The twins, sir.” “Oh gods…” Fatacher couldn’t breathe.
2009 December 4, Jay McKiernan, chapter 11, in The Twins: A Novel (The Tales of Agramon; 1), Bloomington, Ind.: iUniverse, →ISBN, page 214We’ll see it again, Seth. Often. One day we’ll come back for good, but before then, oh gods, we’ll see it again.
2010 August 13, Gillian Philip, chapter 40, in Firebrand (Rebel Angels; 1), East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire: Strident Publishing, →ISBN, page 367“[…] The doctor is threatening her with a court order.” “Oh gods, they are a bunch of crazies aren’t they?”
2011, Yasmina Kohl, chapter 13, in Cassandra’s Heart (Magical Ways; 1), [CreateSpace], →ISBN, page 93
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