Has anyone actually given any thought to the use of these words that are used daily by so many people, without knowing just what they are saying? If you will look them up in the dictionary, you will find a number of these words are euphemisms.
confounded----damned -a mild oath
darn--damn for a curse
doggone---damn or darn
golly---God
gee--short for Jesus
gosh--form of God used as a mild oath
heck--hell
my goodness---exclamation for my God
goodness knows-----short for God only knows
Now you may wish to read Matthew 12:36