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oh em gee

oh em gee interjection: an exclamation of excitement, surprise, amazement, or shock.

Interjection (1)

  1. (slang) An exclamation of excitement, surprise, amazement, or shock.
    • "What can I say? I'm a fan. Plus, TMZ had pictures and oh em gee, let me tell you — you haven't lived until you've seen Britney Spears in a tiara, falling down drunk and tangled in a mile of silver tulle."2011, Louisa Edwards, Too Hot to Touch, St. Martin's Press, published 2011, →ISBN, page 93
    • "Oh em gee," I said, smiling up at him, "did you just use the word sitch?"2011, Katie Finn, Unfriended, Point, published 2011, →ISBN, page 81

Interjection (2) capitalized: Oh Em Gee

  1. Alternative letter-case form of oh em gee.
    • […] and Oh Em Gee the conversations that you have when you have
      found them
      makes all the searching, worth it…..2011, Carlos Desmond Davis, Prisms of Thoughts, PublishAmerica, →ISBN
    • Being good at math can get you into good schools but it does not — repeat, does NOT — make you smart in any necessarily meaningful way. Ha ha ha. Oh Em Gee.2012, Karen Rivers, The Encyclopedia of Me, Scholastic, →ISBN

Forms of oh em gee

alternative formoh-em-gee
alternative formOh Em Gee

Origin of oh em gee

Phonetic spelling of the initialism OMG (“oh my God; oh my gosh”).

Questions about oh em gee

What does oh em gee mean?
Oh em gee means an exclamation of excitement, surprise, amazement, or shock.
What part of speech is oh em gee?
Oh em gee is an interjection.

Words near oh em gee in the dictionary

  1. oh ar
  2. oh boy
  3. oh dark hundred
  4. oh dark thirty
  5. oh dear
  6. oh em gee
  7. oh for
  8. oh fors
  9. oh girl
  10. oh God
  11. oh gods

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