It wasn't clever or funny when it was first used post Watergate and it definitely hasn't got any better.
I guess though with the dumbing down of news, culture, literature, cinema and everything in our media that it is now to be expected.
I feel like throwing something at the TV though whenever a newsreader says 'Ponytailgate'.
Sheesh!
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I don't like the word 'sheesh'. It sounds like something you'd hear in an American sitcom.
I found this about 'sheesh' on the net:
"An expression of astonishment about something, or someone reacting e.g. unexpectedly emotional.
The expression probably comes from the Turkish Çüş!, which is pronounced similarly and means about the same.
It probably does not have anything to do with "Jeezus", etymology wise."
Sheesh! Seems it's not American. Sorry. Carry on using it.
Amcik!
Prego.
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