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its not really australian as such, origonally men of the english black country, us working class midlanders always uses this word insteda saying "oh god", white ausies musta borrowed the word from our prisoners. john: oh crikey, walsall are loosing, why dow they get the ball out to the em,
mick: I know, they bloody hopeless |
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An Australian exclamation of surprise or bewilderment. Interchangeable with words such as "Blimey" or "Struth". Made famous by our champion crocodile hugger, Steve Erwin. "Crikey! What was that!"
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Australian exclamation equivalent to "WOW!" Oh, crikey! Look at that king Croc!
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similar to blimey. shortened corruption of "christ the king" to express displeasure at a happening or event. oh, crikey! The telly is on the fritz again.
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EX Webster:
Main Entry: cri·key Pronunciation: 'krI-kE Variant(s): or crick·ey /'kri-kE/ Function: interjection Etymology: euphemism for Christ Date: 1838, England -- used as a mild oath Crikey! What do you think you're doing!
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An old English public school exclamation of surprise as exemplified by Frank Richards' Billy Bunter stories. More recently strangely adopted by Australians. "Oh, crikey!" - Bunter
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Polite Australian abbreviation for "jesus, seriously, you gotta be fucking SHITTING me." Crikey, look at the size of her tits!
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An expression of surprise, current amongst English schoolboys at least as early as the 1930s. Crikey, I nearly hit him!
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