land o' goshin' 

everbuddy in the Land o' Goshin' is incredulous at certain things the sophisticates and city slickers take for granted and think is ho-hum . . . Ordinary.

when you ride through a provincial place--say, for example-- the mid-west states,

and you're in, like, a Model T, newly on the roads, & all the denizens come out onto the streets; they look and they points, and they say, 'garsh' or 'gahw', or 'goh-lee', or sometimes they will even say 'yikes!' & then,

you know you're in . . . another . . . Land o' Goshin'.

land o' goshin' by socialista October 25, 2011

Land O Goshen 

Land O Goshen is a Southern expression of amazement or frustration. The Land of Goshen is a place referred to two times in the Bible, once as a province of Egypt (in the time of Joseph) and another time as a Canaanite land renamed Goshen in the book of Joshua. After Moses led the Jews out of Egypt (Goshen) and Joshua finally led them into Canann, they named a portion of the Promised Land, Goshen. This may be why the phrase is used as an exclamation of amazement and frustration, as the Land of Goshen was the place of the Israelites bondage, and later a place in the Promised Land.

1. Land O Goshen, I just saw a shooting star!
2. Land O Goshen, if I have to tell you to close that front door again I'm gonna tan your hide, boy!
3. Land O Goshen, that apple pie is the tastiest I ever et, Ma!

Land O Goshen by DallasDeckard January 27, 2011