RP: First ever use of OMG?

Posted on June 23, 2010 by | 4 Comments

(From "Black Cobra" number 1, 1954. Yes, 1954, people! And I think he also anticipated the Valley Girl dialect with it at the same time.)

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4 Responses to RP: First ever use of OMG?

  1. William A. Peterson says:
    June 23, 2010 at 11:06 pm

    Well, first ever use of it as an onomotopeia, I’d guess…

  2. Dan Gonzalez says:
    June 24, 2010 at 8:02 am

    Only in 1954 can a super hero named “Black Cobra” be a white guy in blue sweats.

  3. Jeff Hebert says:
    June 24, 2010 at 8:04 am

    Dan, that one made me laugh right out loud, thank you!

  4. Jigglypuff says:
    June 25, 2010 at 6:16 pm

    LOL Seems at first OMG was a onomotopeia, but when the Web appeared it quickly became a acroym for “Oh my God!”
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    My brief history of OMG!^