land o' Goshen

感叹词 intj.

英文释义

感叹词 intj.
  1. Used by Christians for swearing without being overtly vulgar or blasphemous. US,dated
    — "Land o' Goshen! sence I've come t' the happy land, as I call it, I ain't hed no sech tea as I used t'."

词源

From the place first mentioned in Genesis 45:10 as the land set aside for the Israelites when they settled in Egypt (ultimately from Hebrew אֶרֶץ־גֹּשֶׁן (“ʾEreṣ Gōšen”)). Perhaps chosen as a minced oath to replace gosh, itself a replacement for God.
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