# Expressions that replace "Oh, my god!" **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 18, 2012, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-replace-oh-my-god/619219 "2012-04-18T23:51:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-replace-oh-my-god/619219/41 "2012-04-19T12:01:43Z")
Yo Yo Ma! ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-replace-oh-my-god/619219/42 "2012-04-19T14:10:13Z")
> [@Antigen](#): > > I **love** this. I’m going to start using it and hope it sticks. I also like “Aw, hamburgers!” from South Park’s Butters. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-replace-oh-my-god/619219/43 "2012-04-19T14:22:57Z")
I’m fond of “good Ford,” or “oh, Ford” - but then, I refuse to admit that “Brave New World” is a dystopia. People are happy! ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-replace-oh-my-god/619219/44 "2012-04-19T14:32:45Z")
> [@Cugel](#): > > Bender: Oh your god. [Hermes] Sweet llamas of the Bahamas! Sweet lion of Zion! Sweet three-toed sloth of ice planet Hoth! Sweet bongo of the Congo! Sweet Yeti of the Serengeti! She’s gone crazy-eddy in the heady! Sweet guinea pig of Winnipeg! Sweet gorilla of Manila! Sweet manatee of Galilee! Sweet giant anteater of Santa Anita! Sweet squid of Madrid! Sweet sacred boa of Western and Eastern Samoa! Sweet honeybee of infinity! Cursed bacteria of Liberia! Great cow of Moscow! Sweet lamprey of Santa Fe! S-s-s-s-s-sweet something of… some place. Sweet coincidence of Port-au-Prince! Sweet topography of cosmology! Sweet Georgia Brown of Kingston Town! Sweet dodo of Lesotho! Sweet tornadoes of Barbados! Sweet File-not-found of Puget Sound! Sweet Robot Swan of Botswana. Sweet candelabra of La Habra, LaBarbara! Sweet ego of Montego! Sweet freak of Mozambique! Sweet dehydration of every nation! [/I love Hermes] ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-replace-oh-my-god/619219/45 "2012-04-19T14:40:34Z")
You can’t go wrong with “fuck a duck!” ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-replace-oh-my-god/619219/46 "2012-04-19T14:42:41Z")
Almost anything with “fuck” works. ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-replace-oh-my-god/619219/47 "2012-04-19T14:59:08Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > “Oh, my stars and garters!” I use this, and also “Good Gravy” ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-replace-oh-my-god/619219/48 "2012-04-19T15:12:22Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > You can’t go wrong with “fuck a duck!” I’ve actually been saying that a lot lately. I have a former coworker who used to be really fond of it many years ago, and for some inexplicable reason I’ve picked it up. The spouse has looked at me very strangely a couple of times in the last couple of weeks. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-replace-oh-my-god/619219/49 "2012-04-19T15:51:35Z")
nvm ---
**Author:** ![perfectparanoia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a5b964/32.png) [@perfectparanoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/perfectparanoia)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-replace-oh-my-god/619219/50 "2012-04-19T16:18:17Z")
I say ‘Jinkies’ a la Velma from Scooby Doo. ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-replace-oh-my-god/619219/51 "2012-04-19T16:19:06Z")
Religious, I know, but one of my faves: Sweet nipples of Christ! ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-replace-oh-my-god/619219/52 "2012-04-19T16:26:03Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > I’ve actually been saying that a lot lately. I have a former coworker who used to be really fond of it many years ago, and for some inexplicable reason I’ve picked it up. The spouse has looked at me very strangely a couple of times in the last couple of weeks. 😛 I usually alternate this with “butt fuck a reindeer!” ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-replace-oh-my-god/619219/53 "2012-04-19T17:20:17Z")
There are only three kinds of curses; those that reference the body and its functions, those that reference the divine realm, and those that reference heritage/parentage. This makes it particularly difficult to find school-appropriate, nonreligious exclamations. Even things like “Jimminy Cricket!” and “Oh, snap!” are just euphemistic substitutions for “Jesus Christ!” and “Oh, shit!”, so those don’t count. ---
**Author:** ![stretch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@stretch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stretch)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-replace-oh-my-god/619219/54 "2012-04-19T17:35:15Z")
“Oh, my cow.” My 7-year old grandson conflated “Oh, my God” and “Holy Cow” for the new expression. We loves it and “oh, my stars and garters” which I continue to try to bring back. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-replace-oh-my-god/619219/55 "2012-04-19T17:36:51Z")
> [@SDMBKL](#): > > Don’t be a wisecrack, and say “Dios mio!” or “Oh, my god” in some other foreign language. Anyway, is there an expression to replace “Oh, my god”, especially for an atheist? Why do we need a replacement expression? ---
**Author:** ![Grestarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grestarian/32/3227_2.png) [@Grestarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grestarian)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-replace-oh-my-god/619219/56 "2012-04-20T00:38:32Z")
I was trying to resolve a problem with my wife’s computer and actually deleted a file. It was irritating and I wanted to cuss, but just as I started I realized the situation wasn’t really all that bad. “Aww, Frick and Frack!” I growled, then opened the recycle bin and restored the file. My wife laughed. I knew it didn’t mean anything. I suspect part of it had come because I had seen a mention of Battlestar Gallactica on this site somewhere and remembered they used the term “frack” instead of ‘fuck’ on the original series. Weeks later, my wife was playing a computer game and when her character died, she shouted at the screen, “Frick and Frack!” I realized she had gotten the phrase from me because I had made it up. I raised an eyebrow toward her and said, “You got that from me.” “Yeah.” she acknowledged, “Now it’s all over my office.” Weird, eh? —G! \*You might think you know what you thought I said, but what you don’t understand is that what I said is not what I meant. \* ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-replace-oh-my-god/619219/57 "2012-04-20T00:47:25Z")
Holy flurking Schmidt … but one of the perks of atheism is freedom to blaspheme all Goddamn day long. We don’t need a substitute. ---
**Author:** ![BillDozer74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@BillDozer74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BillDozer74)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-replace-oh-my-god/619219/58 "2012-04-20T15:37:47Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > Yo Yo Ma! Boutros Boutros Ghali! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-replace-oh-my-god/619219/59 "2012-04-20T15:50:48Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Land a’ Goshen (no idea what it means, really, but I’ve heard and read it used that way) [The Land of Goshen](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_of_Goshen) was given to the Hebrews since Pharoah liked Joseph’s dream thing. “Moses and Aaron on a stick!” One of the nice things about Black girls is that they don’t say, “Oh. My. God.” but “Damn, girl.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-replace-oh-my-god/619219/60 "2012-04-20T15:56:40Z")
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