Comment on Oh Boy!, Golly!
finitebanjo@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
The phrase Golly has fallen out of popularity given its roots in racist caricature “gollywog” which sucks because honestly what a fun to say word that was.
Comment on Oh Boy!, Golly!
finitebanjo@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
The phrase Golly has fallen out of popularity given its roots in racist caricature “gollywog” which sucks because honestly what a fun to say word that was.
scholar@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
If it helps, etymonline has them the other way around with ‘golly’ being a mild oath for god and ‘gollywog’ not having a definitive link.