Gordon Bennett

Gordon Bennett

An exclamation of surprise or anger, typically as a way to avoid saying "God." Primarily heard in UK. Oh, Gordon Bennett—I burned the roast!
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • atcha
  • back at you
  • back atcha
  • (oh) (my) God!
  • almighty
  • (for) land('s) sake(s) (alive)
  • ah
  • Are you having a laugh?
References in periodicals archive
All we needed was an appearance from Gordon Bennett!
Gordown Bennett! CANARIES PAIR PUSH READING TO BRINK
Prosecutor John Pugh said Ms John was outside the Gordon Bennett pub in Barry with three friends, one of whom was on the phone to his parents asking for a lift home.
Woman was knocked unconscious by stranger
Instead, despite some fabulous additional craftsmanship inside, there's a feeling that this is a place more suited to the apocryphal Gordon Bennett.
Old bank needs some investment
The Blue Brew (4.2% abv) joins the likes of Gordon Bennett (4.1%), a medium strength light chestnut coloured beer named after the infamous historical millionaire.
Mine's a pint of your best Stilton!
I HAD to research Gordon Bennett the other day (don't ask) - and found myself a bit fascinated.
Gordon Bennett!
Organisers of the Gordon Bennett Gas Ballon Race lost contact with them over the sea as they were flying between Italy and Croatia.
Balloon race pair 'unlikely' to be alive
Organisers of the Gordon Bennett Gas Balloon Race said the Italian and Croatian authorities were looking for Richard Abruzzo and Carol Rymer Davis and would resume at first light.
Search for balloon pair goes on hold
The Gordon Bennett Cup, held every year in Europe or the United States, invites the best three teams from several different countries to compete.
Interpreting ballooning
She worked as a registered radiology technician for many years, was office manager for Gordon Bennett Orthodontics of Marlborough for over 20 years and Marlborough Orthopaedics for 10 years.
Jacqueline M. (Parker) Bruno, 80
SOME more replies about the origin of the phrase Gordon Bennett have been making their way to me this week.
Jim Welsh, of Westerhope
Not least among these are the significant and provocative contributions by Aboriginal artists, notably Vernon Ah Kee, Richard Bell, and Gordon Bennett, whose presence lends validity and gravitas to attempts by the likes of Sam Durant, Michael Rakowitz, and 16 Beaver's Rene Gabri and Ayreen Anastas to come to terms with Australian race relations.
2008 Biennale of Sydney
James Ramsbotham, Paul Callaghan, Mick Brodie, Ian Young, and Gordon Bennett are among the prominent business people the North East who have been recruited to this important new position.
Ambassadors will highlight benefit of skills development
Following World War I the Navy participated in the popular James Gordon Bennett International Balloon Races while establishing a rigid airship program with the construction of ZR-1 (Lighter-than-Air, Rigid, #1), christened the USS Shenandoah in 1923.
They Sailed the Skies: U.S. Navy Balloons and the Airship Program
Major General Gordon Bennett does not escape severe criticism.
Cameron Forbes, Hellfire: the story of Australia, Japan and the prisoners of War
The documents contradict the claims of James Gordon Bennett, publisher of the New York Herald, of having founded AP in 1848.
Papers show the AP was founded two years earlier than was thought