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variants or omg
oh my God
used (as in email or text messages) to indicate that something is considered surprising, shocking, thrilling, etc.
Their harmless [email] chatter ("OMG! I was playing yesterday, when this really CUTE boy rode up on his bike") is reminiscent of the notes we used to pass in class …Janet Malcolm
sometimes used as an interjection
Writing as if he were Sonny, Hamish joked: "OMG, I lifted my weight in kilos …"Stephen Milton

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“OMG.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/OMG. Accessed 5 Dec. 2025.

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