Jesus H. Christ
Meaning
Interjection
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- Jesus Harold Christ
Origin
- Extension of Jesus Christ with a fantastical middle initial, perhaps derived from a reading of ΙΗΣ (sometimes ΙΗϹ, using a lunate sigma), a Greek-alphabet abbreviation for Jesus () as three initials in Latin letters. See "Christogram" at Wikipedia.
- The expression dates to at least the late 19th century, although according to Mark Twain it was already old in 1850. (Smith 1994, p. 332)
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