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Thursday, April 06, 2017
 
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where the expression “Oy, gevalt!” comes from. [...] This is a reasonable question, because the literal meaning of the Yiddish word gevalt (or gevald, as it is sometimes spelled) does not explain the expression. “Oy, gevalt!” (or just plain “Gevalt!”) has the sense of “Oh, my God!” or “Good grief!”
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http://forward.com/articles/4093/oy-gevalt/
http://forward.com/articles/4093/oy-gevalt/

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