a very old irish oath with several spellings, a bastardization of "christ", i think. my grandmother says this a lot.
"crimminy, ralph, the phone is ringing! pick up the phone! no, i don't know where it is. well, where did you leave it? crimminy, why did you leave it out there? no, never mind, it's stopped ringing. dammit, it was probably betty. frank's probably died and we'll have to wait 'till tomorrow to find out about it, now won't we? oh, stop crying, ralph! crimminy!"
by dagger_grrl November 2, 2003
This phrase is an exclaimation which is used in substitute for and/or in coincidence with saying Jesus Christ. Popular variants are: crimminy, crimminus, crimminy godsus and crimminy crocket
by E March 23, 2005
just like "oh my gosh"
by JBCH August 10, 2017