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The phrase 'Holy cow!' was used by baseball players at least as early as 1913 and probably much earlier.

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Nigel Rees, in Very InterestingвЂ¦ But Stupid: Catchphrases from the World of Entertainment, 1980, instances 'holy flypaper!', 'holy cow!', 'holy felony!', 'holy geography!', 'holy schizophrenia!', 'holy haberdashery!', etc., and adds, 'The prefix 'holy' to any exclamation was particularly the province of Batman and Robin, characters created by Bob Kane and featured in best-selling comic books for over thirty years before they were portrayed by Adam West and Burt Ward in the TV film series.' The original ' Captain Marvel' and ' Batman' oaths, 'holy (something harmless)', were in turn spoofed in the later 20th century by whatever seemed relevant to the situation. Paul Beale, however, revised Eric Partridge's A Dictionary of Catch Phrases and cites a different origin:

also employ a play-on-words, 'holy' implying 'riddled with holes'. Usage and variations Д®xpressions such as 'Holy buckets!', 'Holy underwear!', etc.

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It was first popularized by the ' Corliss Archer' series of short stories, television programs, and movies, which attempted to show the humorous, homey side of teenage life. It is also the common oath and popular exclamation put into the mouths of teenagers by many screenwriters, and is universally heard on radio, television, and in the movies. This term is considered to be very popular among teenagers, and most teens claim it is definitely a very popular phrase. to 'Holy cats!' or 'Holy Mike!' both being euphemisms for 'Holy Christ!'. Definition ДЇrom the Dictionary of American Slang (1960): There is the profane exclamations, 'holy cow!' and, 'By the stomach of the eternal cow! '' The phrase appears to have been adopted as a means to avoid using obscene or indecent language and may have been based on a general awareness of the holiness of cows in some religious traditions.

Its earliest known appearance was in a tongue-in-cheek letter to the editor: 'A lover of the cow writes to this column to protest against a certain variety of Hindu oath having to do with the vain use of the name of the milk producer. ' Holy cow!' (and other similar terms), an exclamation of surprise used mostly in the United States, Canada, Australia, and England, is a minced oath or euphemism. Sign on the side of the Chicago Varnish Company Building depicting Harry Caray, circa 1998

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