Gadzooks!

What does this silly exclamation actually mean?

Don't Google it, that's for sissies.

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
What does this silly exclamation actually mean?

Don't Google it, that's for sissies.

Originally posted by Favs
Gad was something to do with God I believe....so I imagine it's some sort of euphemism

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
Good start! What about the "zooks"?

if you put the z in the first word, you get "gadz ooks" which could be "god's ooks"

Might make more sense to someone else :p

Gadzooks actually is a giant reptile, a distant relative to godzilla, gadzoleus, gasman, batman, the octupus, and several other fictional characters.

And, please, don't tell me that I googled it. I knew it by myself.

EDIT: ok, I'm a sissy and I googled it. I would've never thought of the solution by myself.

Originally posted by kbaumen
Gadzooks actually is a giant reptile, a distant relative to godzilla, gadzoleus, gasman, batman, the octupus, and several other fictional characters.

And, please, don't tell me that I googled it. I knew it by myself.

EDIT: ok, I'm a sissy and I googled it. I would've never thought of the solution by myself.

Originally posted by doodinthemood
if you put the z in the first word, you get "gadz ooks" which could be "god's ooks"

Might make more sense to someone else :p

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
That's the correct answer. 🙂

What are "god's ooks"?

Originally posted by forkedknight
I'll admit that I DID look it up on google before posting this, but the first thing I thought when I saw 'ooks before looking it up was "Peter Pan"

Of course the expression comes from the Cockney!

Reminds me of the story of a working-class London Labour MP who asks his Conservative opposite number;

"What should I take for this 'orrible 'eadache?"

To which the Conservative replies;

"A couple of aspirates"