"Godness" vs. "goddess" - English Language & Usage Stack …
2025年5月15日 · Godness is also a surprisingly frequent typo for goodness and, occasionally, goddess, which you may see most readily by Google-booking the word for the 18th century …
"My goodness!" Mine? Goodness? - English Language
2011年9月5日 · The Phrase Doctor writes that my goodness is a minced oath:. My goodness --> My God. My gosh --> My God. So the phrase was used instead of swearing, with goodness …
Where does “goodness me” come from? - English Language …
2011年9月6日 · The expression “my goodness” always seemed clear to me, as it is a simple bowdlerisation of “my God”, as are many expletives. However, I have heard many times the …
"My goodness" expressed after hearing sad news? [duplicate]
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Usage of 'Thank God' or 'Jesus Christ' as slang
2016年8月11日 · Thank God (godness or heavens) are set phrases used as an expression of relief: thank God no one was badly injured. the station survived just fine, thank heavens. …
etymology - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
2013年8月28日 · @Conrado By that I meant that the limited meaning of ‘creation as an act unique to God’ (which is an existing meaning of the word, though of course far from the only one) is …