Swearing and vulgarity are a sign of intelligence, or at least a wide vocabulary
Oh My God are we seriously discussing the correct use of Oh My God???
Yeah, I do not believe in god, but I can still say the word! I do not believe in Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny either but I can still use the words because I am not an ignorant child who is scared of letters that form meanings!
Omagadz is my favorite way of using OMG ...i think it is funny!
I say, "Oh My Gob!" I think Finn says that on Adventure Time. lol
OMG= oh my gosh! But i use wow, incredible, well bugger me! To mix it up.
And the occasional shiver me timbers! When I'm feeling extra piratey
I still use OMG, Holy Shit and Jesus Christ. Old habits are hard to break. LOL.
I worked with a religious woman who used "OMW" for "oh my word" just so she didn't even hint at taking her God's name in vain — despite easily being able to mean "oh my goodness." I didn't mind so much untill one day she spoke "OMW" and it sounded so forced and unnecessary, and was an obvious display of "I don't even say 'OMG' because that's what a good Christian I am." It was one of the few time I saw her wear her religiosity on her sleeve.
So, I don't really have an equivalent phrase. I don't want to go out of my way to have secular terminology for casual expressions. On the other hand, I avoid this phrase — mostly because I think it makes me sound like a teenage girl.
I still say ‘Christ on a cracker’
I have eaten Christ "the" cracker (that snack was the best part of church), but never on a cracker.
@Sticks48 it may be a peculiarly British saying; here a cracker can be one of two things, a Christmas table decoration that contains a little gift, paper hat and bad joke, or a savoury biscuit you put cheese on. I like them with a good blue cheese.
" Well i'll be a monkeys Uncle."
I like to throw a bone to the fundy anti evolution crowd once in a while.