GADZOOKERY - April A to Z

http://www.booktryst.com/2010/11/adopt-obsolete-word-save-it-from.html

Gadzookery is the use of archaisms in literature  It is also the name of a game app but, we are not discussing that here today.  The word is coined from gadzooks, once used as a mild oath, which may have been an alteration of God's hooks, a reference to the nails of Christ's crucifixion.  It's okay to use an archaic expression to bring out a certain effect if necessary, but their overuse leads to gadzookery. Legal terminology can be an excellent example of gadzookery as in:   to wit and hereinbelow.