blimey
/ˈblʌɪmi
/(also cor blimey /kɔː/)
exclamation British informal
Used to express surprise, excitement, or alarm.Already on the bill were The Sex Pistols, The Clash, Siouxsie & The Banshees, Buzzcocks and The Vibrators… blimey!...
- At one point, he actually says, ‘I'd love a cuppa tea’ - cor blimey!
- Babel earns Holland a corner to force the entire stadium onto the edge of their seats, but Cocu's header is completely aimless… cor blimey!
Origin
Late 19th century: altered form of (God) blind (or blame) me!.
This is a mild expletive but its original unaltered form was blind me! or blame me! Gorblimey is an altered form of God blind me!
Rhymes
- color picture
- color piece
- color plate
- color printer
- color printing
- color question
- color-ring
- color-ringed
- color-ringing
- color screen
- color section
- color sense
- color-sensitive
- color sensitiveness
- color sensitivity
- color-sensitized
- color sensitizer
- color service
- color shop
- color slide
- color snap
- color solid
- color space
- color suite
- color symmetry