Definitions
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- interjection Used as an
exclamation ofastonishment , or as an emphasis of fact at the conclusion of a statement.
Etymologies
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Examples
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And here is why that's relevant: Cameron almost certainly says "crikey" at the vital moment.
Archive 2009-10-01 2009
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And here is why that's relevant: Cameron almost certainly says "crikey" at the vital moment.
Birthday Boy 2009
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And if you substitute 'crikey' for blimey you'll be auditioning for neighbours in no time.
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Australia has made many unique contributions to the English language, from "crikey" to "fair dinkum."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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"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
arby commented on the word crikey
Came from "Christ kill me".
October 11, 2007
uselessness commented on the word crikey
'Cause, you know, that's totally something Christ went around doing. ;-)
October 11, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word crikey
BLAHAHAHAHA!!!
October 12, 2007
reesetee commented on the word crikey
He was a mean one, all right. ;-)
October 12, 2007
frindley commented on the word crikey
See also www_crikey_com_au
April 16, 2008
bilby commented on the word crikey
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
qms commented on the word crikey
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
bilby commented on the word crikey
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
qms commented on the word crikey
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
bilby commented on the word crikey
Yes!
June 10, 2014