Who said great scott

Some sources report that Scott was smug and boastful, such that the use of the expression "Great Scott" would actually be a form of sarcasm. We do know that following his army service, Scott campaigned as the Whig candidate for U. President in During this campaign, many jeered him as Great Scott. He lost the election by a narrow margin to the Democratic candidate Franklin Pierce,. Other possibilities on the origin of the phrase include that it is uttered similar a German greeting Gruess Gott , or Great God.

Therefore, some feel the expression "Great Scott" is a euphemism for Great God. This expression has been used in the trilogy a total of 15 times. In Part I, Doc says it on three occasions. You are spiritually intense and can sting or charm. Your name brings love and new starts into life and attracts money. You are seeking freedom, opportunities to enjoy life: to make love, to go places and to do things. The name Scott has no meaning in Hebrew.

Only Hebrew names have meaning in Hebrew. Great Scott! The reference is to General Winfield Scott , who commanded one of the two American armies in the Mexican War and was the Union general-in-chief at the beginning of the Civil War.

What about a phrase my Dad always used to say whenever I coughed Google has no definitive answer There are Innumerable Google Books citations showing that Sir Walter Scott was called the Great Scott, and innumerably sources that say Mark Twain popularized the term as irony and hated him.

In Tom Sawyer, the sinking brothel where they find the murderers was named "Walter Scott". No coincidence. Twain often blamed the Civil War on this one demon. And the sense was so plain, and the words were so pretty, That Walter received for his wonderful ditty As much as would fairly have fatten'd a score of such poets as Great Scott, the wise Judge of the Admiralty Court, Thought seeking this Pie such uncommon good sport, That, without more ado, he soon join'd in the play And carried seven thousand per annum away.

See the original image. I've worked in restaurant and have always used the term to mean we were out of a certain item. It had been 86'd. We were told it came from being 86'd, dead, as in jumping off the 86th floor of the empire state building.