Browse phrases beginning with: [A][B][C][D][E][F][G][H][I][J][K][L][M][N][O][P][Q][R][S][T][U,V][W][X,Y,Z] Cor blimeyMeaning An exclamation of surprise. Origin A euphemism (specifically a minced oath) derived from 'God blind me'. First recorded in print in Barrère and Leland's A dictionary of slang, jargon and cant 1888–90, 1897. An alternative spelling was used, slightly earlier, by Arthur Morrison in A child of the Jago, 1896:
It is also sometimes spelled gorblimey. |