It’s like nicknames. First it’s Joseph, then Joe, then Alexander Jonaparte.
Was going to add “Gee Whiz” which comes before that one? Like it got shorter, then it got longer again?
idiomaddict@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Was going to add “Gee Whiz” which comes before that one? Like it got shorter, then it got longer again?
It’s like nicknames. First it’s Joseph, then Joe, then Alexander Jonaparte.
daychilde@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Oh, I thought that was the… just… regulat step. hehe.
I guess for some sort of vaguely-serious discussion^[which I find interesting but most others don’t lol], without doing any research, I think Jesus / Jesus Christ has stably evolved to Gee, with some variants like Gee Whiz being pretty common. I think Gee Willikers was more common around the TV Batman era and so now it’s less said straight and more said ironically. heh. I can’t think of any other common “Gee [something]”… maybe “Geezie Kreezie”, but I’ve only heard that from Suzy^[previously Eddie] Izzard, so not sure if that’s common or not. lol
It definitely got short; I wonder if we’d count a second word as it getting longer, or a second word replacing “Christ”. These are the types of inconsequential discussions I love. :)