gee whillikins

Meanings

1. 1
   intj

   dated and informal, chiefly US: an exclamation of surprise, astonishment, or delight

   Gee whillikins, that was a much louder explosion than I expected!

An expanded form of gee, the mild exclamation probably used as a euphemistic shortening of Jesus. Whillikins and related forms such as whillikers are of uncertain origin. Variants of the phrase are recorded in American English from the mid-nineteenth century.

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