ZOUNDS

PRONUNCIATION: (zaundz)

MEANING: interjection: Used to express surprise or indignation.

ETYMOLOGY: Contraction of God’s wounds! Earliest documented use: 1593.
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OZOUNDS - the noise of tri-molecular oxygen being made from bimolecular O2

ZOFUNDS - money to support animal parks

ZOU NODS - the former premier of China sneaks in a nap