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Jeez or Geez?

Posted on 11/14/23 at 10:50 am
Posted by athenslife101
Member since Feb 2013
20436 posts
Posted on 11/14/23 at 10:50 am
I see people saying Geez sometimes and it doesn’t make sense.

Jeez is a substitute for using Jesus’s name in vain. Geez, I have no clue what that’s supposed to be a substitute for
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
134346 posts
Posted on 11/14/23 at 10:51 am to
It's pronounced like gif
Posted by JetsetNuggs
Member since Jun 2014
15458 posts
Posted on 11/14/23 at 10:51 am to
Posted by A Smoke Break
Lafayette
Member since Nov 2018
2175 posts
Posted on 11/14/23 at 10:52 am to
People who say geez have bodies in their basement.
Posted by MorbidTheClown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
75571 posts
Posted on 11/14/23 at 10:52 am to
jeez Louise!
Posted by Paddyshack
Land of the Free
Member since Sep 2015
11040 posts
Posted on 11/14/23 at 10:53 am to
It's "geez" and it's not a substitute. It's an expression. Like "dang" or "wow" or "whoa"
Posted by MorbidTheClown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
75571 posts
Posted on 11/14/23 at 10:54 am to
Posted by athenslife101
Member since Feb 2013
20436 posts
Posted on 11/14/23 at 10:55 am to
Huh, I see people saying Jeezus sometimes. It’s definitely a substitute
Posted by Proximo
Member since Aug 2011
23640 posts
Posted on 11/14/23 at 10:56 am to
quote:

It's "geez"

absolutely not
Posted by Barrister
Member since Jul 2012
5280 posts
Posted on 11/14/23 at 10:57 am to
Dunno....I just know her last name is Louise.
Posted by Paddyshack
Land of the Free
Member since Sep 2015
11040 posts
Posted on 11/14/23 at 10:59 am to
quote:

absolutely not

ok, except it absolutely is
Merriam-Webster
Posted by Paddyshack
Land of the Free
Member since Sep 2015
11040 posts
Posted on 11/14/23 at 11:00 am to
quote:

Huh, I see people saying Jeezus sometimes. It’s definitely a substitute


jeezus is a substitute for Jesus obviously

geez is not the same
Posted by TigerCoon
Member since Nov 2005
22468 posts
Posted on 11/14/23 at 11:01 am to
It's Sheesh
Posted by SixthAndBarone
Member since Jan 2019
11023 posts
Posted on 11/14/23 at 11:01 am to
Jesus is Jeez

But like how peoople don't want to take His name in vain, they say gosh darn instead of god damn

Geez is either for dumbasses or those who don't want to associate it with Jesus' name.
Posted by tgrbaitn08
Member since Dec 2007
148031 posts
Posted on 11/14/23 at 11:02 am to
It's GEE-WHIZ....it's actually in the dictionary

designed to arouse wonder or excitement or to amplify the merits or significance of something especially by the use of clever or sensational language
play-by-play specialists who wallow in gee-whiz banality
—Jack Gould
2
: marked by spectacular or astonishing qualities or achievement
gee-whiz technology
3
: characterized by wide-eyed enthusiasm, excitement, and wonder
Posted by Undertow
Member since Sep 2016
9080 posts
Posted on 11/14/23 at 11:03 am to
It’s not a real word. Everyone, just spell it however you feel like spelling it.

/thread
Posted by SouthEasternKaiju
SouthEast... you figure it out
Member since Aug 2021
46031 posts
Posted on 11/14/23 at 11:04 am to
Gif is short for graphic interchange format.

Jif is peanut butter.

Don’t confuse the two.
Posted by zippyputt
Member since Jul 2005
7010 posts
Posted on 11/14/23 at 11:07 am to
Why not short for Gee Whiz? Geez
Posted by athenslife101
Member since Feb 2013
20436 posts
Posted on 11/14/23 at 11:07 am to
In your own link;
quote:

geez 1 of 2 interjection less common spelling of JEEZ
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
134346 posts
Posted on 11/14/23 at 11:07 am to
Did you know that Goodbye began as a truncated form of God be with Ye?

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