goshwow

== English == === Etymology === From gosh +‎ wow. Derived from a caption ("Gosh! Wow! Boyohboy! The mosta and the besta!") used in the July 10, 1939 issue of Time magazine, reprinted from a letter in the August 1939 issue of science fiction pulp magazine Thrilling Wonder Stories, in an article about the first World Science Fiction Convention, aka Nycon I, held in New York in July 1939. === Adjective === goshwow (comparative more goshwow, superlative most goshwow) (dated, fandom slang, often derogatory) Of or pertaining to a juvenile overenthusiasm; naive; uncritical. (dated, fandom slang and computing) Of or pertaining to a sense of wonder; awe inspiring; amazement causing. ==== Synonyms ==== (overenthusiastic): goshwowboyoboy, overenthusiastic (sense of wonder): amazing, wondrous, see also Thesaurus:awesome === References === Jeff Prucher, editor (2007), “goshwow”, in Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, Oxford, Oxfordshire; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, pages 80–81.