CPod is tightening up its podcast title capitalization standards. I decided to use the Chicago Manual of Style standards. In my research, I stumbled upon this hilarious piece:

Question: Should the word god be capitalized in the phrases god-forsaken or by god?

Answer: The Chicago Manual of Style recommends that “like all proper nouns, the names of the one supreme God … as well as the names of other deities are capitalized.”

In the phrases you are asking about, however, the reference to God is rather casual, and there are those who would deny that such phrases refer to the one supreme God at all. Lowercasing God in such phrases is an attempt to obscure the reference to God.

The problem, of course, is that such phrases are possible violations of the Third Commandment, which proscribes taking the name of the Lord in vain. The question before us is whether it is possible to fool God with capitalization tricks. The Grammar Hotline is not qualified to answer this question.

I will say, however, that the English language has a rich tradition of Third Commandment evasions. Capitalization decisions are the least sneaky of these. Such words as gee, gosh, golly, by criminy, egad, gadzooks (I especially like gadzooks) are all curses mangled to finesse the Third Commandment.

But I suppose you’d like a definite answer. Go ahead and capitalize, and the Devil take the hindmost.

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