my giddy aunt

English

WOTD – 22 January 2022

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /maɪ ˌɡɪdi ˈɑ(ː)nt/
(General American) IPA^(key): /maɪ ˌɡɪdi ˈænt/
Rhymes: -ɑːnt, -ænt
Hyphenation: my gid‧dy aunt

Interjection

my giddy aunt

(British, Ireland) An exclamation of astonishment, confusion, despair, etc.: my sainted aunt, my sainted uncle.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:wow

Translations

exclamation of astonishment, confusion, despair, etc. — see wow

References

“my (giddy, sainted, etc.) aunt, phrase” under “aunt, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2021.
“my giddy aunt!, phrase”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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