Meaning of goshwow | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Of or pertaining to a juvenile overenthusiasm; naive; uncritical.
   dated, derogatory, often, slang
2. Of or pertaining to a sense of wonder; awe inspiring; amazement causing.
   dated, slang

Examples

“Pickering's latest article is, at least, readable. It doesn't do much more than say⟳ goshwow, I think⟳ this film is good (altho in a more reserved and "erudite" manner) and give⟳ alotta^([sic]) quotes, but it doesn't leave⟳ me utterly flabbergasted as did the other two.”

“Rog Ebert remembers: In the editorial of the new Science Fiction Age, Scott Edelman quotes from an interview he conducted (for their sister magazine, Sci-Fi Entertainment, he says) with fannish-wunderkind-turned-Pulitzer-winning-columnist Roger Ebert. Despite rumors that he shuns mention⟳ of his fannish roots, Rog talks at some length about his fanzine days, crediting fandom with teaching him to read⟳ critically, and still sounding a little goshwow about having his LoCs printed "right next to those of legendary BNFs . . . like⟳ Buck and Juanita Coulson, Harry Warner, Harlan Ellison, Ed Gorman, Wilson Tucker and Richard Lupoff."”

“Only the pulpiest goshwow adventure sci-fi ignores the mandates of realism.”

“You have⟳ been told how easy it is to write⟳ useful programs on your new $200 Goshwow personal computer. Being a good person who always brushes after every meal, you dutifully worked your way through the Basic instruction book—maybe two of them.”

“Yet Mondo is so enamored of the gee-whizbang neatness, the goshwow sense⟳ of wonder⟳ inspired by such technical "innovations" as virtual reality—the understandable dream⟳ of finding a universe in a grain of silicon—that I often wonder⟳ if they're not showing just a little unseemly haste to leave⟳ this stinkin' cesspit of a world behind their television snow⟳ and mirror shades.”

“My 33mhz 486 is no longer a goshwow machine, Dell having done their usual trick⟳ of waiting until I bought it before dropping the price hugely.”

“Overall, you seem enraputered^([sic]) with all the really neat goshwow technology that is still near the edge of sci-fi wishful thinking.”

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