這個拼法是2個不同的字· 2 words spelled “golly”
- 1golly · mild cry of surprise天啊；哇One way to hold this word: a sentence that was about to start with God, and swerved at the last moment.
- 2golly · golliwog doll (offensive)黑臉布娃娃（golliwog 的簡稱）This one is not a picture the mind makes up; it is a real object.
golly · mild cry of surprise
interjectionOne 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.
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, "golly" (etymology 1)
golly · golliwog doll (offensive)
nounThis 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.
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, "golly" (etymology 2)