這個拼法底下其實是2個不同的字,意思沒有關係, 只是長得一樣。下面分開列出來。跳到 天啊;哇 · 黑臉布娃娃(golliwog 的簡稱)

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golly

interjection

核心畫面

One way to hold this word: a sentence that was about to start with God, and swerved at the last moment. What is left is the shape of a strong reaction with the force taken out of it - the speaker is surprised, the mouth opens, and something soft and harmless comes out instead.

這個字的畫面可以想成一句本來要說 God、臨時轉彎的話。反應的形狀還在:驚訝、嘴巴先動、話還沒說完。但真正出口的那個更多收起這個字的畫面可以想成一句本來要說 God、臨時轉彎的話。反應的形狀還在:驚訝、嘴巴先動、話還沒說完。但真正出口的那個字已經被換成溫和無害的版本。所以 golly 有情緒的力道,卻沒有髒話的重量。它聽起來有點老派,也正因為那份小心翼翼。

From the word’s history

Wiktionary records golly as a euphemism for God dating from the 18th century, possibly a compaction of God's body, and tags it as a minced oath. That is exactly the swerve in the picture above.

Wiktionary 記載 golly 是 God 的委婉說法,十八世紀就出現,可能是 God's body 壓縮而來,並把它標為 minced oath(軟化的咒語)。這正好對上上面那個「臨時轉彎」的畫面。來源自己用了「可能」,所以壓縮的部分保留不確定。

Wiktionary / kaikki entry for golly, etymology 1 (source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:850162305:3454)

A second word, same spelling

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golly

noun

核心畫面

This one is not a picture the mind makes up; it is a real object. Think of a black rag doll from a Victorian children's book, later sold as a toy and printed on jars and badges for decades. The face is a caricature, so the doll carries its history with it, and so does the name.

這個 golly 的畫面不是比喻,可以想成一個實際存在的東西:十九世紀末英國童書裡的黑臉布娃娃,後來做成玩具,也印在更多收起這個 golly 的畫面不是比喻,可以想成一個實際存在的東西:十九世紀末英國童書裡的黑臉布娃娃,後來做成玩具,也印在罐子和徽章上好幾十年。它的臉是對黑人的醜化。所以這個娃娃和這個縮寫的名字,都把那段歷史一起帶著走。它跟驚嘆詞的 golly 只是拼法相同,來歷完全不同。

From the word’s history

Wiktionary gives the etymology for this entry as simply: from golliwog. The word is the character's name cut short.

Wiktionary 對這一條的字源只寫了一句:來自 golliwog。也就是把那個角色的名字縮短而已,沒有別的轉折。

Wiktionary / kaikki entry for golly, etymology 2 (source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:850165759:3030)