sweet Moses

A form of sweet Jesus — Used to add emphasis, particularly by Catholics.

First used 20th c.
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Meanings

interjection
  1. euphemisticuncommonEuphemistic form of sweet Jesus.First known use 20th c.

    Sweet Moses! Hopes you ain’t plannin’ to appear in public in dat ’breviated swimmin’ suit?

    1945, Jay Tobias, The Minx from Missouri: A Farce in Three Acts, Walter H. Baker Company, page 15
    2 more examples

    My fingers flew to my head and felt my hair all over. Sweet Moses! There must have been a half-dozen bows knotted there.

    1994, Richard White, Jordan Freeman was My Friend, Thorndike Press, →ISBN, page 146

    In Judaism 101 we went over the history of the Jewish people, once a week, in one 55-minute session, for about 3 months. Did that cover everything? Sweet Moses, no.

    2022 June 15, Becky Harvey, Next Year in Gotham, Dorrance Publishing, →ISBN, page 23
Cite this entry
APA

sweet Moses. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sweet%20Moses

MLA

“sweet Moses.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sweet%20Moses. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sweet Moses,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sweet%20Moses.

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