Lan
' Lord,' used in exclamations and mild oaths.
📜 This word in 1898 dialectexpand
' Lord,' used in exclamations and mild oaths.
Joseph Wright, English Dialect Dictionary (1898–1905)
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- laws70%
(possibly, dated) A minced oath for Lord.
- laws66%
A minced oath standing in for 'Lord' — a softened exclamation used to express surprise, dismay, or exasperation without technically taking the Lord's name in vain. Common in older American rural speech. It also carries a street slang sense in some US communities where 'the laws' simply means the police — the long arm of the law personified into a single word. Two very different vibes, same spelling.
- lawks64%
(UK, dialectal) Lord! (especially as an expression of surprise).
- oh my lanta64%
(US, euphemistic, humorous) An exclamation of surprise, excitement or astonishment: oh my God!.
- praise the Lord64%
(UK, mildly, blasphemous) Stereotypical exclamation used in mockery of Christianity.