On occasion, I’ve heard people saying (well usually shouting) “Jesus H Christ!”
I’m wondering what the “H” stands for. It’s not Harold, is it?
On occasion, I’ve heard people saying (well usually shouting) “Jesus H Christ!”
I’m wondering what the “H” stands for. It’s not Harold, is it?
Homer
And…
who’s better Jesus “H” Christ or Jesus “tap dancing” Christ?
I usually say “Jesus H Christ on a fucking sidecar” but I don’t know why. Life is a conundrum. Easily solved by a couple of glasses of stout.
I googled it and this guy seems to have it under control.
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Dear W.:
The H stands for Harold, as in, “Our Father, who art in heaven, Harold be thy name” (snort).
Actually, I’ve heard numerous explanations for the H over the years. The first is that it stands for “Holy,” as in Jesus Holy Christ, a common enough blasphemy in the South, abridged to H by fast-talking Northerners. Other colorful Southern epithets include Jesus Hebe Christ and Jesus Hebrew Christ, which abbreviate the same way. The drawback of this account is that it is so boring I can barely type it without falling asleep. Luckily, the other theories are more entertaining:
(1) It stands for “Haploid.” This is an old bio major joke, referring to the unique (not to say immaculate) circumstances of Christ’s conception. Having no biological father, J.C. was shortchanged in the chromosome department to the tune of one half. Ingenious, I’ll admit, but whimsy has no place in a serious investigation such as this.
(2) It recalls the H in the IHS logo emblazoned on much Christian paraphernalia. IHS dates from the earliest years of Christianity, being an abbreviation of “Jesus” in classical Greek characters. The Greek pronunciation is “Iesous,” with the E sound being represented by the character eta, which looks like an H. When the symbol passed to Christian Romans, for whom an H was an H, the unaccountable character eventually became accepted as Jesus’s middle initial.
(3) Finally, a reader makes the claim that the H derives from the taunting Latin inscription INRH that was supposedly tacked on the cross by Roman soldiers: Iesus Nazarenus, Rex Hebrei (Jesus the Nazarene, King of the Hebrews). Trouble is, the inscription is usually given as INRI: Iesus Nazarenus, Rex Iudaeorum (J.C., King of the Jews).
Nonetheless, this is the kind of creative thinking I like to see from my Teeming Millions. With every passing day, my mission on this earth comes closer to completion.
–CECIL ADAMS[/quote]
Which is quite ironic really, given that he was always curious about what HIS middle initial stood for.
Eh?
Homer J Simpson. There’s an episode where he goes on a quest to find out what the “J” stands for. Call yerself a Simpsons fan??
[quote=“Funk500”]And…
who’s better Jesus “H” Christ or Jesus “tap dancing” Christ?[/quote]
I can’t really answer that till I know for sure what the “H” stands for. I hope you understand.
Nope. I didn’t mean The Simpsons. Dunno why I said Homer. No reason. Not much sleep.
Actually, I don’t really like the Simpsons.
sometimes I say “Jesus fucking Christ” but not much because it can imply two people or a spirit-thingy that I cannot properly explain…
in any event, I gotta be pretty damn mad to say that, like cat spilling water over my completed 1000 piece van gogh puzzle
Oh you mean there’s another famous Homer?
How could I possibly know that? It’s not like there’s a famous book by him or anything.
Homer’s “J” stands for “Jehova”.
I thought it stood for “Jay” (seriously).
Helpful?
[quote=“jdsmith”]sometimes I say “Jesus fucking Christ” but not much because it can imply two people or a spirit-thingy that I cannot properly explain…
in any event, I gotta be pretty damn mad to say that, like cat spilling water over my completed 1000 piece van gogh puzzle[/quote]
I’m pretty sure that’s not his real name. Who would christen their child that?!
And, while we’re on the subject, what does the h stand for in Iris H Stu?
[quote=“Stray Dog”][quote=“jdsmith”]sometimes I say “Jesus fucking Christ” but not much because it can imply two people or a spirit-thingy that I cannot properly explain…
in any event, I gotta be pretty damn mad to say that, like cat spilling water over my completed 1000 piece van gogh puzzle[/quote]
I’m pretty sure that’s not his real name. Who would christen their child that?!
And, while we’re on the subject, what does the h stand for in Iris H Stu?[/quote]
Homer?
Hank
Henry
Hamilton
Hal
Hampton
Hefner
pHucking
Hungry Joe (homage to Catch-22)
Honus
Happy
Hector
Ham_is_dirty
Hoffman
Hendrix (as in the “Hendrix is God” graffito)
Hellraiser
Hamas
[quote=“Buttercup”]
Actually, I don’t really like the Simpsons.[/quote]
Blasphemer!!!
Ever since The Big Yin introduced me to “Jesus Suffering Fuck!” I have always found it hard to avoid dropping it into polite conversation.
I just find swearing at people directly is more satisfying. Blasphemy just doesn’t get me off.