Definitions for GOSH
gɒʃgosh

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1. goshinterjection

   A mild expression of surprise or enthusiasm as to be put in place of God, particularly in fear of saying the Lord's name in vain.

2. Etymology: Euphemism (or minced oath) for god. First seen in 1757 as by gosh, probably from by gosse in Udall's Ralph Roister Doister (c. 1553)

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1. gosh

   Great Ormond Street Hospital (informally GOSH or Great Ormond Street, formerly the Hospital for Sick Children) is a children's hospital located in the Bloomsbury area of the London Borough of Camden, and a part of Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust. The hospital is the largest centre for child heart surgery in the UK and one of the largest centres for heart transplantation in the world. In 1962 they developed the first heart and lung bypass machine for children. With children's book author Roald Dahl, they developed an improved shunt valve for children with hydrocephalus, and non-invasive (percutaneous) heart valve replacements. They did the first UK clinical trials of the rubella vaccine, and the first bone marrow transplant and gene therapy for severe combined immunodeficiency.It is closely associated with University College London (UCL) and in partnership with the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, which is adjacent to it, is the largest centre for research and postgraduate teaching in children's health in Europe.In 1929, J. M. Barrie donated the copyright to Peter Pan to the hospital.

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2. GOSH

   What does GOSH stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the GOSH acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

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1. GOSH

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Gosh is ranked #63873 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Gosh surname appeared 312 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Gosh.
   
   84.2% or 263 total occurrences were White.
   8.3% or 26 total occurrences were Asian.
   3.5% or 11 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.9% or 6 total occurrences were of two or more races.

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'GOSH' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2432

Anagrams for GOSH »

1. GSOH

2. gsoh

3. hogs

4. shog

How to pronounce GOSH?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say GOSH in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of GOSH in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of GOSH in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of GOSH in a Sentence

1. Peter Engel:

   Oh gosh… He was trying to find a new way [to find fame] and he was young and young people make mistakes. I think at that point, he was going downhill quickly. I felt badly for him. I still feel badly for him.

2. Lynn Bufka:

   Like,' Gosh, it's been a year since I've kissed somebody. I kind of forgot how to do it.' You can take it a little more lighthearted.

3. Jess Hamm:

   I was like ‘oh my gosh, I’m going to take her home,’.

4. Archie Bradley:

   So it’s a 2-2 count, and I’m like, ‘Man, I have to pee. I have to go pee.’ So I run in our bathroom real quick, I’m ready to go. I’m trying to pee and I actually [expletive] my pants. Like right before I’m about to go in the game, I pooped my pants, i’m like ‘Oh my gosh.’ I know I’m a pitch away from going in the game, so I’m scrambling to clean myself up. I get it cleaned up the best I can, button my pants up, and our bullpen coach Mike Fetters says, ‘Hey, you’re in the game.’ So I’m jogging into the game to pitch with poop in my pants essentially.

5. War Relief -RRB- Fine:

   I got a dog out of the hospital, and I'm taking him for a walk, and he lifts his leg to take a pee and his guts were hanging out. His guts were hanging out, and so I'm like, ‘Oh, my gosh,’ I took him back, and I'm trying to talk to the vet who doesn't speak English, and I just point them in, and he looks down, and he grabs the dog and takes him up into surgery… we had dogs that had been shot eight times and lost the ability to walk.

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Gosh
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gosh
3. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html