Gordon Bennett

English Etymology For James Gordon Bennett, Jr., a New York newspaper proprietor and playboy during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who became widely known for his extravagant lifestyle and shocking behaviour.http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/gordon-bennett.html The first time the expression appears in print was in 1937, in James Curtis's novel, You’re in the Racket, Too., worldwidewords.org, 28 July 2007. Retrieved 21 August 2011. The Oxford English Dictionary places the phrase in the 1890s as an alteration of gorblimey and again in reference to James Gordon Bennett Jr.https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/gordon_bennett The name was probably chosen because the first syllable of Gordon sounds like God in non-rhotic pronunciations, which would make this a minced oath. Interjection en UK Ireland Commonwealth expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, frustration. Synonyms en good grief en what the fuck References Further reading The Chambers Dictionary, 0-550-10255-8 Cassell's Dictionary of Word & Phrase Origins en eponyms minced oaths