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A List of
100 Interjections in English
Good Golly, Good Gosh, and Other
G-Rated Interjections
Updated July 18, 2017
Hey!
Let's take a look at interjections—or, as they're sometimes
called (somewhat misleadingly), exclamations.
Elsewhere, we've described interjections as the "outlaws of English grammar":
Elsewhere, we've described interjections as the "outlaws of English grammar":
Interjections
usually stand apart from normal sentences, defiantly maintaining their syntactic independence. (Yeah!)
They aren't marked inflectionally for grammatical categories such as tense
or number. (No sirree!) And because
they show up more frequently in spoken English than in writing, most scholars
have chosen to ignore them. (Aw.)
("Oh, Wow!: Notes on Interjections")
("Oh, Wow!: Notes on Interjections")
Still, there are two more points worth making before we get
down to our G-rated list. (We'll leave it up to you to supply any rude or
potentially offensive interjections.)
For a start, interjections have traditionally been treated
as one of the eight parts of speech (or word classes). But it's worth keeping in
mind that many interjections can do double or triple duty as other parts
of speech. For instance, when a word such as boy or awesome
appears by itself (often followed by an exclamation point in writing), it functions
as an interjection:
- Boy! You have an answer for everything.
- The crew chief handed me my first pay check. "Awesome!" I said.
But when that same word shows up syntactically integrated
into a sentence, it usually operates as a
different part of speech. In the following examples, boy is a noun and awesome
is an adjective:
- The boy ate a Snickers bar.
- Seeing the northern lights for the first time was an awesome experience.
Words that are used only as interjections are
called primary interjections, while words that also belong to
other word classes are called secondary interjections.
Oh! I almost forgot. Here's something else to look out for.
The meanings of interjections sometimes change
depending on the context in which they're used.
The word oh, for example, may indicate surprise, disappointment,
or delight:
- Oh! I didn't see you sitting there.
- Oh. I was hoping you could stay for awhile.
- Oh! I'm so glad you came!
As you read through this list, see if you can pick out the
interjections that have more than one meaning.
- ah
- a-ha
- ahem
- alas
- amen
- aw
- awesome
- bada bing
- bah
- baloney
- big deal
- bingo
- boo
- boo hoo
- booya
- boy (boy oh boy)
- bravo
- brillliant
- brrr
- bull
- bye (bye-bye)
- cheers
- come on (c'mon)
- cool
- cowabunga
- dang
- darn (darn it)
- dear me
- duck
- duh
- eh
- enjoy
- excellent
- fabulous
- fantastic
- fiddle dee dee
- finally
- for heaven's sake
- fore
- foul
- freeze
- gee (gee whiz)
- giddyap
- golly (good golly, golly willikers)
- goodbye
- good grief
- good heavens
- gosh
- great
- great
balls of fire
- ha
- hallelujah
- heavens (heavens above, heavens to betsy)
- heigh ho
- hello
- help
- hey (hey there)
- hi (hi ya)
- hip, hip, hooray
- hmm
- ho ho ho
- holy mackerel (holy moley, holy Moses, holy smoke)
- ho hum
- hooray (hurray)
- howdy (howdy do)
- huh
- ick
- indeed
- jeez
- kaboom
- kapow
- lordy (lordy lordy)
- mama mia
- man
- marvelous
- my
- my goodness (my stars, my word)
- nah
- no problem
- no way (no way Jose)
- nope
- nuts
- oh (oh boy, oh dear, oh my gosh, oh my, oh my goodness, oh no, oh well)
- OK
- ouch
- ow
- please
- poof
- sh
- super
- swell
- welcome
- well
- whoop-de-doo
- woo-hoo
- wow
- yabba dabba do
- yadda yadda
- yippee
- yummy
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