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

Ha I said gosh the other day and realised I’ve been spending to much time on mumsnet

I swear a lot in real life. More than I should probably. I come from an agricultural background and my best friend is a sweary Northern Irishman. I don’t use the c word though and generally know my audience.

I started correcting myself when I started to say oh my God to say oh my gosh and oh my goodness instead, because I didn't want my DS to start saying oh my God. I'm not a church goer beyond carols at Christmas and I probably used to say it a lot myself, but in my mind it sounds a bit shocking coming from a young child. I'm not sure if I say crikey. I think I say blimey to avoid bloody hell. Me and DH started saying zoinks as a bit of a joke when DS was madly into Scooby Doo and I'm ashamed to say that it has stuck. I think I appreciate letting rip a good swear a bit more now when it's really needed! (and kids not present, of course!)

Things like yikes and blimey in company and more unfiltered at home (originally from NI and it's true, we are a bunch of swearers 😄)

I have been known to shout 'SUFFERING SUCCOTASH'! on occasion
And I have slight lisp, which makes it sound all the better

But Cunt is also my very favourite word, and I do chuck it about a bit I must admit

I don't say either of them and swear like a trooper but I do often give a hood 'goodness!' Not sure how that one slips through.

I'm a very sweary person and have made a concerted effort not to swear in front of my friends and siblings children. There's blimey, crikey, jeepers. My favourite is probably cripes.

Fuck me sideways didn't there used to be actual threads on here with the sole bleeding purpose of having a good bollocking swear? Where the buggery are they these days, the cunts?
Gosh that's better, crikey thanks OP!

I use gosh and crikey.

I'm also partial to flipping heck and if needs be bloody hell.

@heldinadream 😂 Very good. Or should I say very cunting good? 😉

@GothicaAutistica you can say very damn cunting good and I'll say bloody hell, thanks you flipping charmer you.

I say gosh, goodness, and (less often) blimey, but probably haven't said crikey for 40 years.

I very rarely swear and when I do it's most likely to be along the lines of 'oh damn' or 'oh bugger'.

@Bounce55

But Cunt is also my very favourite word, and I do chuck it about a bit I must admit

Sometimes I don’t think there’s anything better than a well timed utterance of the word cunt

I say gosh a lot, I don't really swear

I must admit to " oh my word" or " oh crumbs" at work, but I'm normally a shit, bugger and bollocks woman. I try to go easy on the big 3.
Very middle of the road!
It's fun reading all of these

Im a fuck kinda girl. Even at work. We all sing from the same hymn sheet there

Ive been on a mission to cut down the swearing from the teenagers I work with and support.
Every sentence was peppered with the word fuck in it somehow The problem is, they didn't realise they were doing it, don't know that it's not always appropriate and it was just normal for them
I found it quite amusing when one of the most sweary and violent ones wasnt happy with something I had said or a request I had refused him I cant remember which and he replied angrily with " flippin 'eck, mon, that's well tight!!
I was able to rib him later about it and that's his ' go to' whinge words now!

I use gosh blimey crikey a lot in real life since having children, with a lot of mumbled for fucks sakes under my breath.

I'm also partial to a flipping heck Tucker!

I'm a huge fan of creative swearing - both mild and spiky - and use gosh, heck, bloomin' and crivvens (I'm Scottish) extensively, particularly with my American colleagues, many of whom are a bit religious.

I employ the stronger Anglo-Saxon expletives widely, too, but I choose my audience carefully.

May I also recommend 'arsehole', which can be used as both a noun and a verb, with the added benefit of being gender-neutral?

Golly, gosh, crikey, goodness etc = only on Mumsnet & Antiques Roadshow ime

I imagine all the gosh and crikeyers sounding (and looking) like Joyce Grenfell.

@Classica

I imagine all the gosh and crikeyers sounding (and looking) like Joyce Grenfell.

I definitely don't.

@BuckyBarnesArm

Golly, gosh, crikey, goodness etc = only on Mumsnet & Antiques Roadshow ime

I mean I’m a fucking Australian who works in a very sweary industry so swearing is basically punctuation.

I tone it down for people like the local vicar and, you know, my actual kids and their friends. But it’s easier to use an alternative to the swearing than to change my entire bloody syntax so ‘gosh’ and ‘my goodness’ and ‘flipping’ come into play. Never ‘crikey’ though, I think that’s with ‘bonza’, ‘cobber’ and ‘shrimp on the barbie’ that we leave to clueless non-Australians these days…

‘Gosh’ is also incredibly useful when you’ve totally lost track of a kid’s rambling story and they pause looking for a reaction and you’ve no idea whether you’re supposed to be pleased/impressed/shocked/heartbroken. ‘Gosh’ is sufficiently neutral to be able to get away with it usually…