Crimony: Kri-mon-e
Alternate Spellings:
Criminy,
Criminey.
Background: Thought to be a
derivative from the word
Christ, it was originally an
exclamation or
cry of astonishment and is much weaker than it was in the
seventeenth century.
Note: Some dictionaries believe it to be a derivative of the word
Jiminy or an
abstraction from the name
Jiminy Cricket; however most dictionaries believe it to be from the
Latin phrase:
Jesu domine.