interjection, expressing mild surprise (COD); phrases ‘oh (my) gosh’, ‘for gosh sake/s’, ‘honest to gosh’, ‘gosh dang it’
“I thought — oh my gosh — I don’t know what I’ve got for dessert tonight.”
“Oh my gosh. Isn’t that wonderful.”
“The water would have been a little bit cold too.”
“Oh my gosh, you know. Well you, sometimes you look around and say, ‘Well if the boat does go over, what am I gonna grab’, you know?”
“Oh my gosh, when you think of all the hardships …”
“Oh gosh, isn’t that funny that I can’t remember the name of that horse. ’Cause I was in an ice hole with that one too.”
“Well even a tractor that size, for gosh sake, would be $35,000 – $40,000, I guess, now, eh. Wouldn’t they? Nowadays you wouldn’t get nothing — you wouldn’t even get a lawnmower for that, for gosh sakes.”
“Oh, for gosh sake. I didn’t know that.”
“There was two swords laying on the bottom, and they’re laid just like that. Honest to gosh.”
“Gosh dang it if I know!”