Good golly is an informal American exclamation expressing surprise, wonder, or mild dismay — essentially 'good God' with the deity replaced by the soft euphemism 'golly.' It belongs to the tradition of American minced oaths that sidestep profanity while retaining the emotional force of an exclamation. The phrase gained additional cultural resonance through Little Richard's 1958 rock and roll song 'Good Golly Miss Molly.' Can be used sincerely or with nostalgic irony depending on the speaker.
Good golly, they've already sold out of tickets and it's only been twenty minutes.
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(slang) expression of surprise, etc.; golly.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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