You may already know, and I hope this is accurate. Years ago, I read that “gadzooks” was a corruption of “God’s hooks”, which referred to the nails used to nail Christ to the cross, and which was considered a curse word.
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1690s, from some exclamation, possibly God’s hooks (nails of the cross) or even God’s hocks. The use of Gad for God (cf. egad) is first attested 1590s. Among other similar phraseological combinations (all from 17c.) were gadsbobs, gadslid, and gadsniggers.
Kokopelli over 13 years ago
and awaaaaaaaay we go
lohaces over 13 years ago
“Gadzooks”! I haven’t thought of that word in years!
annamargaret1866 over 13 years ago
You may already know, and I hope this is accurate. Years ago, I read that “gadzooks” was a corruption of “God’s hooks”, which referred to the nails used to nail Christ to the cross, and which was considered a curse word.
Kokopelli over 13 years ago
Search: Search Mode Natural Language Find single term Find any term Find exact phrase ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZgadzooks 1690s, from some exclamation, possibly God’s hooks (nails of the cross) or even God’s hocks. The use of Gad for God (cf. egad) is first attested 1590s. Among other similar phraseological combinations (all from 17c.) were gadsbobs, gadslid, and gadsniggers.
Kokopelli over 13 years ago
found this at www.alphadictionary.com
Shikamoo Premium Member over 13 years ago
Egads! That was a quick way out.
atlebattle over 13 years ago
Now we’re talking politics!