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Good night alive!
Meaning
- A variation of an exclamation of shock or disbelief. It is typically uttered when someone hears surprising news or experiences a sudden jolt.
Surprised, folksy
Used in a sentence
- Good night alive, that is a big spider!
- Good night alive, did he really say that to you?
- I heard a crash and yelled, good night alive, what was that?
The backstory
Similar to good night a-living, this is an Appalachian and Southern variant that uses evocative, if slightly nonsensical, language to express intense emotion.
Heard in
The South / Appalachia
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