jumping Jesus
English
Interjection
jumping Jesus
- (mildly blasphemous) Expression of shock or surprise; Jesus Christ.
- Jumping Jesus! I just won $500.
- 1829, John MacTaggart, Three Years in Canada, volume I, page 210:
- He will guess as how we are pretty considerably damned clever, that we get along slick, and by the jumping Jesus, are not to be made wheelbarrows of.
- 1968, Israel Horovitz, Indian Wants the Bronx, page 27:
- Oh, jumping Jesus Christ. Jesus. Jesus. Jesus. Indians are dumb.
Usage notes
- Jesus may be replaced with another noun, though this is uncommon. Some of those encountered are Jehosaphat, Jews, Johnny, Jiminy Crickets, Jehovah's Witnesses and George Washington.
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:wow