OMG – This is one of those startling facts where I just know you’re going to ask for my sources, so I’ll start with those right here. The Smithsonian Magazine, Oxford Dictionary blog, and Time Magazine all agree that this acronym is much older than we might have guessed.
When Lord Fisher, an admiral used to speaking in codes and abbreviations, wrote to Winston Churchill, “O.M.G. (Oh! My God!)—Shower it on the Admiralty!!” he might have thought he was being clever, but I’m guessing he never saw how popular the expression would be one hundred years later.
If ever there was a time to write, “OMG,” I think this is it, right?