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Holy mackerel!
Inf. Wow! Holy mackerel! What a beautiful day! Holy mackerel! What's this? A new car?
holy cow
1. what a surprise a€?I was paying 23 percent interest on that credit card.a€? a€?Holy cow!a€?
2. how wonderful "A friend of mine is in Hollywood filming a movie this month." "Holy cow, that must be so cool."
holy cow
Also, holy mackerel or Moses or moly or smoke . An exclamation of surprise, astonishment, delight, or dismay, as in Holy cow, I forgot the wine, or Holy mackerel, you won! or Holy Moses, here comes the teacher! or Holy smoke, I didn't know you were here too. The oldest of these slangy expletives uses mackerel, dating from about 1800; the one with Moses dates from about 1850 and cow from about 1920. None has any literal significance, and moly is a neologism devised to rhyme with "holy" and possibly a euphemism for "Moses."
Holy mackerel!
(ˈholi ˈmækrəl) exclam. Wow! Holy mackerel! What a day!
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| BoŠTjan | | - | Slovene |
| Lois | | ['ləuis] | |
| Izolda | | ee-ZAWL-dah (Polish) | Georgian, Polish |
| Satish | | - | Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Telugu |
| Hananiah | | han-ə-NIE-ə (English) | Biblical |
| Osama | | - | Arabic |