Gosh and crikey.

[FindingMeno]

I only ever hear these words on MN.
Do the people who use words like these actually use them in rl?
Equally do people who use the f and c words a lot on MN use them as much in rl?
Just curious

I have been known to use blimey as well as all the sweary stuff.Never use jolly, as in " jolly good fun" etc, but have people in work who do.

I do say golly gosh. But never crikey.
I mostly say fuck and very occasionally, and for particular emphasis, cunt.
I never say crumbs. Or flipping heck tucker.

Depending on my company I say fuck, shit, cunt, blimey, crikey and gosh. Not all at once of course. I am Australian though

I do say gosh. Not crikey, I don't think. I say cripes though. And horrid. and good lord/good heavens/heavens to Betsy.

I'm not actually from the 1930s.

@IhateBoswell

I don't say gosh but I do like a crikey, usually said sarcastically.

I’m going to bring this into my repertoire.

I also say good golly miss molly.

I’m mostly a fucksake type of person though. I’d like to stop that.

@GothicaAutistica

I don't mind the big bad four letter words, but they need to be used when the situation calls for it, not just dropped into common conversation for the fun of it.

I do say "Oh my gosh." I don't know why anyone needs to bring Gd into it. If you don't believe in Them, don't invoke Them. If you do, it's better not to take Their name in vain.

I used to say "Crikey, Moses!!" quite a lot in frustration. Less so now, though.

You can't even type God?

@LazyMareofEastown

I say crikey but only ever in an overexaggerated and godawful Australian accent a la Steve Irwin.

Gosh is horrendous. It's just so Famous Five pollyanna-ish and when I read it on here it makes me cringe.

As an Australian in the U.K., I’d put the faux-Australian accent in the ‘horrendous’ category. Why on earth people think it’s acceptable to mock Australians is beyond me.

Gosh, on the other hand, is pretty neutral and inoffensive.

A crikey will escape me daily irl sometimes a gosh. I never use the word cunt irl though

Yes I do, my Granny always said them, she was pretty awesome so it's fine by me. I do swear like a trooper too if that helps 🤷‍♀️

If it was socially more acceptable I would swear more than I do. It just seems to be my natural state...

I generally try not to swear (with varying levels of success) as I know many people don't like it but with my friends who are at a similar level of sweariness it is a relief not trying to censor my language and yes I do say fuck and cunt when I think it won't offend the company I'm in.

I say them all the time. Helps me avoid swearing in inappropriate company eg in front of children, at work etc.

Whilst I'm quite happy to swear verbally in conversation I don't really like swearing in written comms so will also use them when posting.

I work with someone who says golly and my aunt says oh crumbs
I don’t really say anything - I rarely swear but I don’t really use swear substitutes either. I guess I don’t exclaim very much!

I say both of these all the time. I think I've used crikey on here a few times. I also use plenty of 'proper' swear words!!

I do say "gosh" I think. Though I admit it sounds a bit odd. But sometimes you need a polite exclamation. Also "goodness". I don't think I say "crikey".

Ay don't say crikey or cunt

I say gosh or blimey quite a bit. I do use stronger language occasionally though ( especially when driving or if talking about the current government)

I say crikey, blimey, blimey Charlie, Good Lord...

The odd f-word will escape my lips at home too.

It worries me that there are lots of people who seem to have swear words as their only adjectives or exclamations.

My go to word when I'm trying not to swear (in front of my children and at work is BUMS.

Oh BUMS!

I say it all the time, when I actually want to say bollocks or occasionally shit. I've said it once today so far

Yes. I say gosh and blimey. My husband says crikey quite often.

I also use a lot more colourful language, depending on my audience,

I say gosh often. Crikey less so.

Yep, I've always used gosh, golly, crikey. I do swear at times, but never the F or C words, they just don't come easily to me. I don't care if others say them, it's fine but they are not for me.

Use ‘em all and more besides. Isn’t language glorious!

It's jings, crivvens and help ma boab in my house. (And a real challenge to get that through spellcheck...)

Most of these "softer" exclamations are variants of blasphemy, even blimey (God blind me).

I started using these ironically.

They are no longer ironic.

DH uses blimey a lot (he prefers fuck and cunt but since we’ve had DGC he’s toned it down ). I say crikey and so do quite a few people I know. I also say fuck and cunt, mainly for effect because at first glance I’m not the sort of person you’d expect to do that and sometimes you need to put your marker down…
Gosh and goodness are bit too twee for my taste.