A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

EGADS

Thu, 20 Nov '25
"Jumping Jehoshaphat!"
Sun, 25 Aug '24
"By Jove!"
Sun, 15 Jan '23
"Great Caesar's ghost!"
Sun, 6 Nov '22
"Jumpin' Jehoshaphat!"
Wed, 12 Jan '22
Old-fashioned "Jeez!"
Sun, 21 Nov '21
"Golly gee!"
Sun, 3 Oct '21
"Jeepers!"
Fri, 6 Aug '21
"Heavens to Murgatroyd!"
Mon, 17 May '21
"Holy smokes!"
Sun, 17 Jan '21
Old-timey "OMG!"