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Quote Originally Posted by Big D View Post
Like others have said, 'zounds' is short for 'by God's wounds', and it's a rather potent Shakespearean epithet.

Handy tip for this word: It does not rhyme with 'hounds'.
My 9th grade English teacher said it was pronounced "zownds," as in "hounds". D:
A fairly common mistake, that. Unless your English teacher also pronounces 'wound' (injury) the same as 'hound'. The more comprehensive English dictionaries include this word, along with the correct pronunciation; same goes for many annotated editions of Shakespeare's plays.