Although a god may not be prevalent in our lives. How many of you still say “Oh my God”? And what are the connotations that come with it, If any?
I've always been a Gezunheit person after, no kidding, hearing Walter Matthau say it as part of a running gag in The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3. Lately I've taken to abbreviating it to merely Gezund--in my mind, it's an idiomatic way of circumventing acknowledgement of a higher power.
My polite stock in trade phrase is "Christ in a sidecar".
My impolite ones are much more colorful.