Crossword clues for gadzooks
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" noted by OED (all from 17c.) were gadsbobs, gadslid, gadsniggers, gadsbudlikins, and gadsnouns; in all of which the second elements are sometimes said to be mere fanciful syllables.
Wiktionary
interj. (context archaic English) An expression of surprise, shock etc.
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 product line to sell a broader assortment of clothing aimed at teenagers. The company logo included the Volkswagen Beetle and all stores had a life-size version of part of a Beetle inside. In 2003, it dropped its shrinking male clothing line to focus exclusively on female clothing. The store promoted this with ill-received ads with statements like "Proud to be Sexist" and "Stop Equality". Eventually, Gadzooks filed for bankruptcy twice. In March 2005, Forever 21 purchased the chain and closed underperforming stores, reducing the number of locations from 243 to about 150 before being phased out entirely.
Gadzooks may refer to:
- Gadzooks! (TV show), BBC2 pop music show of the '60s
- Gadzooks (retailer), 1980s Texas T-shirt retailer
- Gadzooks, a dragon from the novel series The Last Dragon Chronicles
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.