GEE-WHIZ

PRONUNCIATION: (jee-WIZ/HWIZ)

MEANING: adjective: 1. Marked by wonder, surprise, enthusiasm, etc.
2. New; impressive; exciting.
interjection: Expressing surprise, dismay, enthusiasm, annoyance, etc.

ETYMOLOGY: Euphemism for Jesus, with the second syllable replaced by whiz, a playful exclamation evoking surprise and wonder. Earliest documented use: 1872.
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BEE-WHIZ - apiarist

GEE-WHIP - to increase the speed of a spacecraft by sending it in a carefully calculated path around a large massive object

GEE-WHIZ - 1) one who knows all the words beginning with the seventh letter of the alphabet;
2) one who can control a horse using only verbal commands