Talk:Holy cow (expression)

Could the expression "holy cow" be a reference to hinduism? Cows are actually considered holy in hinduism.

I heard it was adapted from the French "Sainte Vache!", which is a blasphemous reference to the Virgin Mary. Rhinoracer 13:28, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Should this be a page unto itself? I think that merging this with other "common" phrases (probably English-specific) would be a good idea. Regardless of whether or not the page is moved, though, the contents here definitely require some editing. GnomeWorks 23:41, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

Why Cow is holy animal? Because she give us Milk, means she give us a life(energy). That is the main reason people use this word "holy cow". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.89.177.115 (talk) 01:27, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

Holy Shit
Holy Shit. --Packinheat2u (talk) 13:09, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

Holy Moley
How come no mention of Holy Moley? Jeez... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ridingdog (talk • contribs) 23:58, 5 July 2016 (UTC)

Requested move 12 December 2019

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The result of the move request was: No consensus. (non-admin closure) Cwmhiraeth (talk) 14:25, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

Holy cow (expression) → Holy cow! – Per WP:NATURAL and WP:SMALLDETAILS. The expression is usually depicted with an exclamation point. ZXCVBNM (TALK) 06:02, 12 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Support!, per nom. Randy Kryn (talk) 14:03, 12 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Oppose - per MOS:EXCLAMATION. Primergrey (talk) 00:46, 13 December 2019 (UTC)
 * That only applies to text within the body of an article, not the article's title.ZXCVBNM (TALK) 07:07, 13 December 2019 (UTC)


 * Oppose, not the way interjections are titled, including many with parentheticals: Eureka (word), Hey (interjection), Geronimo (exclamation), etc. Not that those show consistency, but nothing in Category:Interjections is titled this way. Dekimasu よ! 16:56, 17 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Well, that's an outright lie, since D'oh!, ¡Santiago! and Awake iron! all exist. Therefore, pointing to "precedent" doesn't really prove anything.ZXCVBNM (TALK) 12:00, 18 December 2019 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure what the purpose of being uncivil is here. Anyone can click on the link to the category and see for themselves. I missed D'oh!. I doubt anyone would argue that "holy cow" belongs in the "battle cries" subcategory (FWIW "awake iron" does not exist in English outside Wikipedia, with or without an exclamation point). Dekimasu よ! 15:57, 18 December 2019 (UTC)


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