“Oh My NEG!”

I just came across this phrase from an “official” Atheist. I know this is true because he has an official Atheist Blog icon on his site. Anyway, I thought that was beside the point of his commentary as a librarian until I ran across his exclamation, “Oh my neg!”, which he so kindly chose to decode for we uninformed readers. It stands for, “Oh my Non-existent God!” Now, personally, I prefer this to the usual swearing with which people often make their appeals to God, regardless of their beliefs. Still, it seems a mite self conscious. There’s nothing like torturing the language to make a point. Anyway, he made me laugh…and I’m NOT offended.