I have never really heard “golly” outside of holly jolly Christmas carols (much like figgy pudding). People sometimes still use “gee”, but I use this term exceedingly rarely.
When I moved to East Coast Canada, many people used the equivalent phrase “jumpins”, which was new to me.
Swear words were taboo and shocking when I was young, and now are commonplace and accepted. Euphemisms like “shut the front door” were used. Even my parents swear occasionally, but surprisingly, I have never heard my older brother utter a curse word. He thinks them undignified. I tend to swear in French or Spanish. So classy.
