Crikey

[Tanya Shivari]

An Australian exclamation of surprise or bewilderment. Interchangeable with words such as Blimey or Struth. Made famous by our champion crocodile hugger, Steve Erwin.

[Britney]

Australian exclamation equivalent to WOW!

[Cami]

similar to blimey. shortened corruption of christ the king to express displeasure at a happening or event.

[Tanya Shivari]

EX Webster:
Main Entry: cri·key
Pronunciation: krI-kE
Variant(s): or crick·ey /kri-kE/
Function: interjection
Etymology: euphemism for Christ
Date: 1838, England
-- used as a mild oath

[Gregory]

An old English public school exclamation of surprise as exemplified by Frank Richards Billy Bunter stories. More recently strangely adopted by Australians.

[Oralee]

Polite Australian abbreviation for jesus, seriously, you gotta be fucking SHITTING me.

[Tanya Shivari]

An expression of surprise, current amongst English schoolboys at least as early as the 1930s.

[Rihanna]

True Aussies use it when theyre generally suprised or shocked.

[Kit]

Euphemism for the blasphemy Christ kill me!.
Akin to Cor [blimey]! (God blind me).
Used when suprised/shocked.