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gee whiz en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (UK) audio
  • /dʒiː ʍɪz/
  • /dʒiː wɪz/

Etymology

Alteration of Jesus.

Meanings

  1. (informal) Very good, impressive.
    • These are some gee-whiz photographs.

Deriveds

gee-whizzery

gee whiz en · INTJ

Pronunciation

  • (UK) audio
  • /dʒiː ʍɪz/
  • /dʒiː wɪz/

Etymology

Alteration of Jesus.

Meanings

  1. (US, dated) An expression of surprise, enthusiasm, or annoyance: wow or so what?
    • Gee whiz, how do people have fun when they're married and have a family? 1959 April 23, “Beaver's Newspaper”, in Leave It to Beaver, season 2, episode 30 (television production), spoken by Theodore Cleaver (Jerry Mathers):
    • When people would get off they always gasped out: 'Gee whiz, what a horse! Gee whiz, did you ever see anything like that! ' 1905, Lloyd Osbourne, Baby Bullet: The Bubble of Destiny, page 116:
    • You only got 10% in the test. Gee whiz – you'll get over it.
    • That's the way I feel now; I just wrote the novels and made up the languages, and gee whiz, they make sense! 1979, Walter Breen, The Darkover Concordance: