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Great day in the morning!
Meaning
- A polite, colorful way to express surprise or frustration without resorting to swearing. It is basically a G-rated version of an expletive.
Folksy, shocked
Used in a sentence
- Great day in the morning, where did all this snow come from?
- Great day in the morning, you scared the life out of me!
- I heard the news and just said, great day in the morning, that is unbelievable.
The backstory
This originated in the American South as a way for pious folks to show amazement while keeping their language clean. It dates back to at least the mid-1800s.
Heard in
The South
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