Definitions

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  • interjection Used as an exclamation of astonishment, or as an emphasis of fact at the conclusion of a statement.

Etymologies

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Thought to be an alliterative substitute for Christ (contracted from Christ kill me)

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Examples

  • And here is why that's relevant: Cameron almost certainly says "crikey" at the vital moment.

    Archive 2009-10-01 2009

  • And here is why that's relevant: Cameron almost certainly says "crikey" at the vital moment.

    Birthday Boy 2009

  • And if you substitute 'crikey' for blimey you'll be auditioning for neighbours in no time.

    World Cup 2010: Australia v Serbia ? as it happened 2010

  • Australia has made many unique contributions to the English language, from "crikey" to "fair dinkum."

    What Is a 'Super Profit'? 2010

  • And those who know him best say the man who turned "crikey" into a catchphrase, who spent a lifetime trying to make crocodiles, snakes and sharks loveable, died doing what he loved most of all -- John.

    CNN Transcript Sep 4, 2006 2006

  • VAUSE (voice-over): Those who know him best, the man who turned "crikey" into a catchphrase and spent a lifetime trying to make crocodiles, snakes and sharks loveable, died doing what he loved most of all.

    CNN Transcript Sep 4, 2006 2006

  • VAUSE (voice-over): Those who know him best, the man who turned "crikey" into a catchphrase and spent a lifetime trying to make crocodiles, snakes and sharks loveable, died doing what he loved most of all.

    CNN Transcript Sep 4, 2006 2006

  • VAUSE: Those who know him best, the man who turned "crikey" into a catch phrase and spent a lifetime trying to make crocodiles, snakes and sharks loveable, died doing what he loved most of all.

    CNN Transcript Sep 4, 2006 2006

  • Veteran peak oil analyst and taskforce member Jeremy Leggett explained: "Government has gone from the BP position - '40 years of supply left, the price mechanism works, no need to worry' - to 'crikey'."

    Energy Bulletin - kristinsponsler 2010

  • "Government has gone from the BP position - '40 years of supply left, the price mechanism works, no need to worry' - to 'crikey'," he said.

    Global Warming RSS Newsfeed Guardian: none given 2010

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  • Came from "Christ kill me".

    October 11, 2007

  • 'Cause, you know, that's totally something Christ went around doing. ;-)

    October 11, 2007

  • BLAHAHAHAHA!!!

    October 12, 2007

  • He was a mean one, all right. ;-)

    October 12, 2007

  • See also www_crikey_com_au

    April 16, 2008

  • I would have said this word has almost disappeared except for iornoic usage by people lampooning Australians. But then I had dinner with the mayor last week and he used it about a dozen times in 90 minutes. Crikey!

    June 9, 2014

  • Australians are a perplexing folk.

    When a swagman meets a similar bloke

    Do you mean it's not likely

    They'd both bellow "crikey!"

    Unless they are playing an Aussie joke?

    June 9, 2014

  • I think we should have a new form of limerick. Instead of the traditional rhyming scheme of AABBA if should be ABCCD but where ABD have vowel variations. Whaddyareckon? In this proposed form crikey, croaky and creaky spring to mind.
    And I <em>know</em> qms is the right person to concoct the exemplar.

    June 10, 2014

  • What bilby proposes so lightly
    Is blasphemy understood rightly.
    It would fail to chime
    With beguiling rhyme
    And be altogether unsightly.

    It would not dance but would limp
    Or subside in a prosaic lump.
    It would not be bright
    With the lambent light
    That is cast by the rhymester's lamp.

    June 10, 2014

  • Yes!

    June 10, 2014