# gosh

Pronunciation: say "GOSH" US /ɡɑːʃ/, UK /ɡɒʃ/

## Interjection

1. A mild exclamation of surprise or enthusiasm, used as a softer substitute for stronger language like "God."
   - Simple: A mild word you say to show surprise or excitement.
   - _Gosh, I never expected to run into you all the way out here._
   - _She glanced at the price tag and muttered, "Gosh, that's a lot of money."_

## Origin

An altered form of "God," first recorded in 1757 in the phrase "by gosh," probably from "by gosse" in Nicholas Udall's Ralph Roister Doister (circa 1553).

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