# "Gosh, golly, jeez-oh-pete!" **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 23, 2019, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gosh-golly-jeez-oh-pete/830091 "2019-02-23T15:26:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gosh-golly-jeez-oh-pete/830091/21 "2019-02-24T19:21:27Z")
That was Dennis Prager? I’d seen that in Rabbi Joseph Telushkin’s books, but I hadn’t remembered that it was a quote from someone. I see I’m overdue for a reread. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gosh-golly-jeez-oh-pete/830091/22 "2019-02-24T20:55:41Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > This because you TRUE Slovak! Only _rightful_ Slovak wield power of “jeez-oh-Pete.” Other relatiffs doubtless **TURKS**! _ptoo_ 😃 Somewhere along the line, maybe a decade or so ago, my wife adopted the similar-sounding “Cheezy Petes” as her go-to non-curse curse. She has no Slovak blood at all, though I suppose she might have been working with one. Regardless, it does make her sound like a cartoon character. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![CelticKnot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/celticknot/32/3392_2.png) [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gosh-golly-jeez-oh-pete/830091/23 "2019-02-24T22:42:02Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > That was Dennis Prager? > > I’d seen that in Rabbi Joseph Telushkin’s books, but I hadn’t remembered that it was a quote from someone. I see I’m overdue for a reread. I saw this in a YouTube video that is a conversation on culture and truth with Dennis Prager, Ravi Zacharias, and Jeff Foxworthy. It was fascinating. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcAP4Be9LZQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcAP4Be9LZQ) ---
**Author:** ![CelticKnot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/celticknot/32/3392_2.png) [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gosh-golly-jeez-oh-pete/830091/24 "2019-02-24T22:44:02Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > My MIL, the strictest Baptist I ever met, would use funny words for curses. She would say “fudge” or "bass-ackwards"regularly. I never could make her believe she might as well use a real curse word if her intent was the same. This could be another thread. Maybe I’ll start it. What words do you or people you know substitute for obscenities and blasphemies? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gosh-golly-jeez-oh-pete/830091/25 "2019-02-24T23:04:01Z")
**kenobi** -wife good-hearted woman for non-Slovak; “Cheese ‘n’ rice,” could be favored swear :eek:. Sparing our feelings. She is keeper. \*Awhile back, someone on the board stated that “j-o-P” strongly resembled a Russian drinking phrase (or something). Maybe s/he’ll pop in and elaborate. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gosh-golly-jeez-oh-pete/830091/26 "2019-02-24T23:32:02Z")
^ Found the post– **eschereal** states “j-o-P” sounds vaguely Russian for “life is drinking.” ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2019, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gosh-golly-jeez-oh-pete/830091/27 "2019-02-25T00:11:09Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > **kenobi** -wife good-hearted woman for non-Slovak; “Cheese ‘n’ rice,” could be favored swear :eek:. Sparing our feelings. She is keeper. _claps_ 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gosh-golly-jeez-oh-pete/830091.md?page=1)