Meanings
alternative jeezie-peezie · alternative jeezy-beezy · alternative jeezie-beezie · alternative jeezle-peezle
- minced oathAn expression of surprise or frustration.
At 1,200 yards, Boyle fired four torpedoes. Two hit. Boyle fired two more torpedoes. Another hit. Boyle’s TDC operator jumped up and down excitedly, exclaiming, “Jeezie beezie! We hit him. We hit him!”
1975 April, Clay Blair, chapter 39, in Silent Victory: The U.S. Submarine War Against Japan, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, published November 1976, →ISBN, page 853
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
Alteration of Jesus with reduplication. Compare jeepers creepers.
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