Word of the Day: Gadzooks

[Ruthanne]

an exclamation of surprise or annoyance.

 

[Aunt Marg]

I was just getting ready to log-off the forum for the night when I seen your new WOTD post, Ruthanne, and gadzooks I was!

 

[Ruthanne]

Gadzooks I'm running out of food!

 

[win231]

I only heard "Gadzooks" once - on "Married With Children." Al Bundy said it. I thought it was slang; not a real word.

 

[Pappy]

Gadzooks Batman...to the Batcave...(sorry, it’s early)

 

[Ruthanne]

I only heard "Gadzooks" once - on "Married With Children." Al Bundy said it. I thought it was slang; not a real word.

Well, it's a word, none the less

 

[Sliverfox]

Think it was on a Laural & Harty movie that I heard the word,Gadzooks.

 

[peramangkelder]

I must say I love the word 'gadzooks' and I did look up the origin of it because I am a member of the



Dictionary references date gadzooks as far back as the late 1600s as a short form
of "by God's hooks," a reference to the nails on Christ's cross
Heavy duty stuff