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egad

slowik

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Polish
I can't find this word in any dictionary. Here is the part of the article in which i've found this word:

"This only happens in dark areas where the AF system can't see enough, and of course those are the conditions under which the flash going off in people's faces is the most annoying. Egad. "
"Egad" is a British English colloquialism. It stems from "Oh God." It means "oh no." Someone across the pond (the Atlantic, that is) may able to do a better job of explaining it.
"Egad" is a British English colloquialism. It stems from "Oh God." It means "oh no." Someone across the pond (the Atlantic, that is) may able to do a better job of explaining it.

It is used in the US as well...regularly in written informal such as blogs or op-eds.

"This only happens in dark areas where the AF system can't see enough, and of course those are the conditions under which the flash going off in people's faces is the most annoying. Egad. "

In this context is an expression that could be replaced by, "sheesh" or "woof." However, the meaning is something like, "that which I just said is really annoying...no I mean really annoying."
May someone, some day, grant you access to the Oxford English Dictionary, in which you would find:
... probably representing earlier A God! from a interjection: but in later times perhaps associated with asseverations, like i'faith, or possibly with by God:

Current usage as Hockey13 suggests.
Do I have echoes of this from role-playing gaming?
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