Oh yes I have, Amy. But I never used it personally. I however, used to copy my baby sister, she likes to say “Oh my jee-o-dee!”, stressing the letter G. I think she heard it on Disney.
I have also heard “Egads!”, from one Disney cartoon “The Brave Engineer”. I checked the dictionary and it said it has God’s element in it. Is it offensive too? By many, at least?
Do you invent your own language items when you go shopping?
LOL! Go try and say “F*ck all Northerners!” in a pub in Manchester. See if it gets processed.
Okay, okay… I’ll allow this blasphemy (challenging the Lord’s Holy Middle Name) just this once.
hehe
Means “leader of the army”, derived from Old English here “army” and weald “leader, ruler”.
Cf. the well-known eggcorn:
http://www.newscientist.com/backpage.ns?id=mg19225752.300
(Third item down.)
MrP