jumping Jesus

English

Interjection

jumping Jesus

  1. (mildly blasphemous) Expression of shock or surprise; Jesus Christ.
    Jumping Jesus! I just won $500.
    • 1829, John MacTaggart, Three Years in Canada‎, volume I, page 210:
      He will guess as how we are pretty considerably damned clever, that we get along slick, and by the jumping Jesus, are not to be made wheelbarrows of.
    • 1968, Israel Horovitz, Indian Wants the Bronx‎, page 27:
      Oh, jumping Jesus Christ. Jesus. Jesus. Jesus. Indians are dumb.

Usage notes
  • Jesus may be replaced with another noun, though this is uncommon. Some of those encountered are Jehosaphat, Jews, Johnny, Jiminy Crickets, Jehovah's Witnesses and George Washington.

Synonyms
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