blimey
Americaninterjection
interjection
Etymology
Origin of blimey
1885–90; originally reduced form of blind me, as ellipsis from God blind me; cf. gorblimey
Example Sentences
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Plenty of Arsenal fans I know are getting nervous and you are thinking "blimey, there are still 15 games to go"... so heaven help them when they get into the home straight.
From BBC • Jan. 29, 2026
But a rare unforced error restores parity at 30-30 and then, blimey, another double fault hands Krajinovic his first break point of the match.
From The Guardian • Feb. 13, 2021
And that’s the day when you go, Oh, blimey.
From Golf Digest • Jan. 23, 2018
Far more deserving of recrimination is the illiterate dialogue inflicted on characters like Wiggins, the footman, forced to declare: “Cor blimey, I knew this was goin’ to ’appen.
From New York Times • Dec. 20, 2017
“Cried a bit about Percy not being here, but who wants him? Oh blimey, brace yourselves—here they come, look.”
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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