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jeezy-peezy en · INTJ

Etymology

Alteration of Jesus with reduplication. Compare jeepers creepers.

Meanings

  1. (qualifier:minced oath) An 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:

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Relateds

jeezy · jeezie