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"Oh for Pete's sake!"?

Posted by R. Berg on October 22, 2003

In Reply to: "Oh for Pete's sake!"? posted by Jen on October 22, 2003

: Where the heck does that come from?

It's a Minced oath, just like "where the heck."

Entering "Pete" and "sake" into the archive search box will get you a load of old posts about it, such as this one:

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