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Whatever happened to the word "egad"?
Okay, you probably don't recognize it. Here, try it this way: "Egad!"
I used to come across it all the time in literature, and I don't see it anymore. By literature, I mean Archie comic books. I've never actually heard anyone say it, but Ronnie's dad used to use it a lot, with lots of exclamation marks.
And "Eureka!". There's another one that's disappeared. I wonder what happened to them...
Okay, you probably don't recognize it. Here, try it this way: "Egad!"
I used to come across it all the time in literature, and I don't see it anymore. By literature, I mean Archie comic books. I've never actually heard anyone say it, but Ronnie's dad used to use it a lot, with lots of exclamation marks.
And "Eureka!". There's another one that's disappeared. I wonder what happened to them...
posted by Berry at 6:44 AM
3 Comments:
They were replaced with "Yikes!" and "Zoinks".
You may be right. My research further reveals that "Zoinks!" was then replaced by "d'Oh!".
Um, Eureka is used frequently. No really, it is. Um, hmmm.... Okay maybe not, but it should be.
Oh I like the word piffle, it has a nice granny ring to it and that makes me happy.
Egad. HOLY poo Batman, haven't heard/read that in a long time. I'd have to say I haven't missed it much though...
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