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Jesus Harold Christ

Jesus Harold Christ interjection: an expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration.

Interjection

  1. (US, offensive) An expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration.
    • The BPBs [members of the Brotherhood of Professional Believers] would have these long discussions about how a simple man with a Mexican name had become the savior of Jerusalem and the whole world, and what was Christ’s middle name or did he have a middle name at all? One of the rooks said that he...[1974, Jack Olsen, “The Flight III: 10 Rounds a Second”, in Alphabet Jackson, Chicago, Ill.: Playboy Press, →ISBN, page 91
    • Since, as I mentioned, my arse is intact, I meditate first upon the pain in my balls. Jesus Harold Christ! I wonder if Monger's got some morphine kicking about. I wouldn't put it past him.2007, David Thewlis, The Late Hector Kipling, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN, page 304
    Synonyms:
    Jesus H. Christ

Synonyms of Jesus Harold Christ

Origin of Jesus Harold Christ

Unknown or disputed. Likely a variant of Jesus H. Christ, from the Christogram IHS, an abbreviation of Ancient Greek Ιησούς (Iēsoús) Χρῑστός (Khrīstós, “Jesus Christ”). An alternate theory speculates that Harold is a mishearing of hallowed in the Lord's Prayer: “Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.” A third theory is that the middle name is arbitrary, used to mark the difference between profane and sacred invocations of Jesus Christ.

Questions about Jesus Harold Christ

What does Jesus Harold Christ mean?
Jesus Harold Christ means an expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration.
What part of speech is Jesus Harold Christ?
Jesus Harold Christ is an interjection.

Words near Jesus Harold Christ in the dictionary

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  5. Jesus handles
  6. Jesus Harold Christ
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