: Other sources have some variations but no information on why "whillikens" or willikers: jewillikin gee whiz gee whitaker. Gee Willikers, Batman is 80 The Dark Knight Was at His Best When He Wasnt Quite So Dark. It is used to convey shock or just inserted into a sentence and hope that people catch your drift or as. This substitution of a G-word for God follows ".the old Hebraic and Middle English tradition of avoiding the sacred words, such as God, by substituting words with the same initial letter." A Minced oath. An expression similar oh my God or Jesus Christ. I Hear America Talking: An Illustrated History of American Words and Phrases by Stuart Berg Flexner (Von Nostrand Reinhold Co., New York, 1976). : : "Golly" dates back to 1743 in England. : : : I know it's probably american and I know that gee was supposedly a kid's reference to god but does anyone know where "willikers" came from and when the phrase was first used? And that's why people substitute the word for something else like Jeeze! or Gawl Darnit. In Catholic school we were told that meant never saying God or Jesus' name as an expression or a curse, but only in reverence. One of the Ten Commandments = Thou Shalt Not Take the Lord's Name in Vain In Reply to: Gee Willikers posted by ESC on October 10, 2003 and Third Kid Productions need help to fund a new Canadian musical-comedy: An adventure Check out Gee Willikers, Space on Indiegogo. Posted by Jolly Roger on October 10, 2003
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