I had a student who would say "GOM" instead of OMG. I knew she wasn't dyslexic, so I pulled her aside one day and asked. She said she was very religious and thought OMG was still against her religion so the GOM stood for "gosh, oh my." Thinking back, I realized she'd adjust the verbiage of the sentence to fit her shortened words.
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u/obvious_daydream Jul 02 '26
My uncle used to yell, oh G D F word!” Exactly like that. Omitted the swearing in favour of letters. Your comment bought back memories, thank you!