A fork of Rural Dictionary
very heavy brooklyn accented word for "god"
Holly: Do you see that girl?
Deva: She is sooooooooooo sc3n3!!!!
Sydney: Oh my gawd!!! She is!
Gawd is used when you don't wanna use God's name in vain so so say Gawd
Your friend just said your boyfriend kissed your best friend " Oh My GAWD I know that heffa didn't."
1) Comedic pronunciation of the word God; often used in jest or in satirizing southern US accents
2) Word often used on the internet in substitution for the word God, mainly by closed minded atheists as a personal means of disrespect, ridicule, or revenge. Often used as the result of psychological trauma brought about by bad experiences with religion or a church.
Rebellious teen: Gawd is just fiction. It's all made up fairy tales.
Psychologist: I agree. But why do you refuse to write the word correctly then? You'll sound alot more intelligent if you do, you know?
spelling of the word "God" meant to denote the Judeo-Christian divinity and to suggest a New York, Jewish accent, probably a strong one of yesteryear and from some outer borough--say Brooklyn, circa 1953.
variant: for emphasis, extra w's may be added, as in "gawwwd' or 'gawwwwwd".
"ohh my gawd! i just saw barry manilow on tv!!"