jiminy

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jiminy

/ˈd͡ʒɪməni/ US

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An alteration of earlier Gemini (“an expression of mild surprise or annoyance”); see there for more.

interjection geeminy · geminy · gemony · jeemany · jeminy · jimminy

dated An expression of mild surprise or annoyance. He sat up with a jerk. "Holy Jiminy! How did you figure all that out?"

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@misc{jiminy_2026,
  title = {jiminy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jiminy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}