jeezy-peezyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Alteration of Jesus with reduplication. Compare jeepers creepers.

間投詞

jeezy-peezy

1. (minced oath) An expression of surprise or frustration.
   • 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:

     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!”

関連する語

Further reading

• “jeezle-peezle! excl.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present.