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Criminy (intj) means (informal) Used to show surprise or annoyance.

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(informal) Used to show surprise or annoyance.
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Etymology

Either from Italian crimine ("crime"), or a minced oath from "Christ's money" (referring to the silver Judas was paid for betraying Jesus), or a deformation of Gemini (itself recorded as an oath from the 1660s). First recorded in the 1680s.

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"criminy" (intj) means (informal) Used to show surprise or annoyance.
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