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cripes en · INTJ

Pronunciation

  • /kɹaɪps/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Minced oath for Christ.

Meanings

  1. (euphemistic) A mild curse or expression of surprise.
    • “Cripes, they forgot the chopsticks. It won't feel authentic. How am I supposed to eat my moo shu pizza? Dad, bit of a moo shu fiasco over here. Let's talk damage control.” 2017 August 28, Paul Stroud, “Garbage Stan” (13:14 from the start), in American Dad!, season 14, episode 20, spoken by Steve Smith (Scott Grimes):

Deriveds

for cripes sake

Synonyms

wow