Jeebus

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: jē'bəs IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiːbəs/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -iːbəs

Proper noun

Jeebus

1. (slang, humorous) Jesus.
   • 2000 February 20, Ron Hauge, “Missionary: Impossible”, in The Simpsons, season 11, episode 15 (television production):

     Homer Simpson: Save me, Jeebus!

   • 2005, Pat Flynn, Chantal Stewart, To the Light:

     Not only do we not look alike (thank God), sound alike (thank Buddha), or act alike (thank Allah), we have none of the same friends (thank Jeebus).

   • 2006, Will Self, The Book of Dave:

     He needed no intercom to tell him this: that if it hadn't been Dave who so blighted the world, it would've been some other god — Jeebus or Joey or Ali […]

   • 2007 July 21, The Simpsons Movie (film):

     Homer Simpson: Praise Jeebus.

Interjection

Jeebus

1. (slang, humorous) Jesus.
   • 2006, Liz Ireland, The Pink Ghetto:

     Jeebus, get over it. It wasn't as if I called you the wrong name while we were having sex.

   • 2007, Helen Boyd, She's Not the Man I Married:

     Jeebus, does Helen know this? Yes, she does. It's odd, this life of ours, and I'm terribly aware of my culpability in said oddness.

See also

• Jebus (biblical placename)