jesus h. christ
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.45 in modern English
27
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
intj
An expression of surprise, shock, etc.
Example Sentences
- "Near-synonyms: Christ almighty; good God; Jesus, Mary and Joseph"
- "In passing along the street we heard a man, who was expressing a very decided opinion, say, “By Jesus H. Christ it is so.” Since that time we heard an individual who had “stubbed his toe” against the end of a plank cry, “By John D. God, I’ll sue the City.”"
- "Jake: Yes! Yes! Jesus H. tap-dancing Christ, I have seen the light!"
- "Stanton Boyd: Jesus H. Christ on a popsicle stick. First of all... Alan Stanwyk does not own one single share of stock."
- "“I’m gonna get outta their way,” he mutters, then snorts without mirth. “All I had were jacks.” We believe him, of course. What are jacks, after all, once Beelzebub and Jesus H. Christ get involved?"
- "“Jesus H. Christ on the cross,” he said. He caught my reflected gaze and held it. “How long have you known about this?”"
Etymology
Unknown. An extension of Jesus Christ with a fantastical middle initial, perhaps derived from a reading of ΙΗΣ (IĒS) (sometimes ΙΗϹ (IĒS), using a lunate sigma), a Greek-alphabet abbreviation for Jesus (ΙΗΣΟΥΣ) as three initials in Latin letters. See "Christogram" at Wikipedia. The earliest use of the phrase is unknown, although according to Mark Twain (1835–1910) it was already common in the region of Hannibal, Missouri, when he was a boy.