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Archaic exclamation
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gadzooks
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1690s, a condensed form of some exclamation, usually said to be God's hooks (nails of Christ's Cross) or even God's hocks . Compare godsookers (1670s). The use of Gad for God (as in egad ) is first attested 1590s. Among other similar "phraseological combinations" ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Gadzooks, Inc. was a mall-based clothing retailer aimed at teenagers based in Carrollton, Texas . It was founded in 1983 as a T-shirt business owned by Texas businessmen, Jerry Szczepanski and Larry Titus. After achieving success, Gadzooks expanded its ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
interj. (context archaic English) An expression of surprise, shock etc.
Usage examples of gadzooks.
Nike and Foot Locker, Abercrombie and the Gap, Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger, and Gadzooks and Wet Seal.
So peer pressure is reflected and affected by commercial pressure, and retailers like Buckle, Wet Seal, PacSun, Old Navy, Gadzooks, J.
English historical novel full of inns and gadzooks, but the other was a Simenon, one that he did not know.
Which that broke my heart, Gadzooks being what we sometimes said at nice privacy moments in our Privacy Tarp when overwhelmed by our good luck in terms of our respective bodies looking so hot and appropriate, Gadzooks being from LI 38492 for Zookers Gum, where the guy blows a bubble so Zookified that it ingests a whole city and the city goes floating up to Mars.