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Does "oh, my god" take their origin from "Oh, my goodness"?

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Rebecca

Good question! It is actually the other way around, the origin of "Oh, my goodness" is "Oh, my god". Some people consider the phrase "Oh, my god" swearing or offensive, so "god" has been changed to "goodness" to make the phrase more appropriate.

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