golly
Old-fashioned mild oath
Golly is a euphemism for God, used in exclamations: Golly, I didn't expect that!
Good golly Miss Molly.
The word sounds quaint and old-fashioned now, almost comically innocent.
Belonging to earlier times
- nostalgicLonging for the past
- vintageQuality from past eras
- retroEvoking recent past
- bygoneOf earlier times
dated · archaic · folksy · wholesome · innocent · charming · corny · hokey
Replacement for another
- GodSupreme spiritual authority
- softenedMade less severe
- politeShowing good manners
- indirectNot straight or immediate
tactful · inoffensive · decorous · innocuous · family-friendly · sanitized · mild-mannered
gee
Mild exclamation of surprise
jeepers · gracious · heavens · blimey · crikey · lordy · egad · zounds
old-fashioned
Belonging to earlier times
bygone · dated · archaic · folksy · wholesome · innocent · charming · corny · hokey · square
substitute
Replacement for another
indirect · tactful · inoffensive · decorous · innocuous · family-friendly · sanitized · mild-mannered
- Old-timey exclamationsgee whiz, jeepers, gadzooks, fiddlesticks, dagnabbit
- old exclamationszounds, gadzooks, egad, egads, forsooth
- exclamationsoh, yes, no, wow, hey
- Mild Oathsdarn, drat, heck, shoot, dang
- British Exclamationsblimey, bloody hell, crikey, cor blimey, strewth
- minced oathsdarn, heck, shoot, dang, fudge
gollygoddamn
Profane intensifier expressing frustration
Jesus Christ · holy shit · fucking hell · damn · hell
- by gollyQuaint expression of astonishment
- good gollyMild astonishment phrase
- golly gee
- golly goshEuphemistic surprise interjection