A fork of Rural Dictionary
An exclamation used when extremely surprised, excited or horrified. Is always followed by an exclamation point when written out.
Egads! That guy should do something about his brambles.
Egad is a morphed form of egads. Egads used to mean "ye gods" and now is more closely linked to "OMG" or "oh god"; Some people think there is only one god, so egad has evolved to express that idea. At the heart of it is the notion that god is a trickster who screws with us. We use it to say that something severely messed up has just happened.
Egad--my computer crashed and I lost all my work. Again.
An interjection or exclimation, usually due to surprise. Sometimes said by the eldery folks.
Egad! There is pudding all over the floor!
Used as a mild exclamation.
The first time my girfriend and I were intimate, she looked at me naked and said "Egad! You DO have lubricant, right?"
It is a pagan way of saying omg. It comes from the saying "ye gods", and, as everyone knows, the greek and roman gods had a way of messing with people's lives. So when you say egads, in a sense, you're saying "you fuckers," but softly. It is used to express mild dismay or frustration.
Egads, you've said that already 12 times. or You washed that silk blouse in hot water?--egads!