gad

Definition

An exclamation roughly equivalent to by God, goodness gracious, for goodness' sake.

Etymology

Euphemistic alteration of God.

Example Sentences

• "That's the trouble — it was too easy for you — you got reckless — thought you could turn me inside out, and chuck me in the gutter like an empty purse. But, by gad, that ain't playing fair: that's dodging the rules of the game."
• "The clasp slips free (gad, what lush kazooms) and she even helps him pull off the blouse that is now cuffing her at the elbows."