crikey

Meanings

1. 1
   intj

   informal, chiefly British and Australian: used to express surprise, amazement, alarm, or emphasis

   Crikey, that was much closer than I expected!

A nineteenth-century euphemistic alteration of Christ, used as a mild oath or exclamation. It belongs to the same family of minced oaths as cripes and criminy and became especially associated with British and Australian speech.

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