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Originally Posted by antelope526
Dawg: Don't take away my over analyzing fun on a quiet day at work!
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LOL! you spend too much time alone there with your thoughts Antelope!
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Originally Posted by antelope526
Why do we say for "Pete's sake"? I understand "God's sake" but "Pete's sake" must come from somewhere (Saint Peter?)
Anyone, anyone, Bueller, Bueller.
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Hey Antelope I looked it up for you and out of curiosity! lol
This phrase and phrases like "for Pete's sake" are euphemisms for the phrases "for the love of God/Christ" or "for God's/ Christ's sake" and hail from a time when those phases were considered blasphemous. Nowadays phrases like "for the love of god" are commonly used, but the euphemisms are still used.
Why Pete? Most likely it is a reference to the catholic Saint Peter. Other phrases with similar origins are: "Zounds!" (archaic British slang), is a contraction of "christ's wounds", "oh my goodness" and "oh my gosh" for "oh my God", and "gosh darn it" for "God damn it"
http://members.aol.com/MorelandC/Phrases.htm
