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Old 24-Dec-2005, 15:53
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i always see people put "holy shit" in thier blogs..
what's the meaning of it? is that a bad word
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It's just a rude expression of surprise or shock. It would offend many religious people, but blasphemy is quite widely used.
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Old 25-Dec-2005, 15:16
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thank you ~
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Old 15-Jan-2006, 06:55
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We also have (in the US):
holy cow!
holy Toledo ! (No, I have NO idea how Toledo Ohio earned this place in American slang. It does sound good, though.)
holy crap !
holy Mother of God ! (Very sacrilegious)
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ex-US-President Harry Truman was known for this one when he got his dander up: "Jesus Christ and General Jackson !!!!" (Referring to General Andy Jackson, who had quite an ego, thereby HST was creating some irony by including his name along with Jesus Christ.)

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