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oh my goodness

UK/əʊ maɪ ˈɡʊdnɛs/US/oʊ maɪ ˈɡʊdnəs/

oh my goodness is the alternative form of my goodness.

Meaning of my goodness

Interjection

  1. (Canada, US, minced oath) Used to express surprise, shock, or amazement.
    • My goodness, what a loud noise!

Forms of oh my goodness

alternative formoh, my goodness

Questions about oh my goodness

What is oh my goodness the alternative form of?
Oh my goodness is the alternative form of my goodness.
How do you pronounce oh my goodness?
Oh my goodness is pronounced /əʊ maɪ ˈɡʊdnɛs/ (UK).

Words near oh my goodness in the dictionary

  1. oh my god particle
  2. oh my god particles
  3. oh my god, they killed Kenny! you bastards!
  4. oh my Goddess
  5. oh my gods
  6. oh my goodness
  7. oh my goodness gracious
  8. oh my gosh
  9. oh my heck
  10. oh my hell
  11. oh my lanta

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Adapted from Wiktionary: oh my goodness (page history and authors); my goodness (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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