Timeline for What is the origin of "holy smoke"?
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| Dec 20, 2011 at 10:50 | comment | added | Tim Lymington | Actually, the OED has two different senses: Holy Willie (or Holy Joe as I mostly heard it) for a priest, somebody acting religiously, or a hypocrite: IMO this is simple transference. And the exclamation/oath, which is 20th century American (even the Kipling quote is 'by the holy smoke, some one has got to...' which isn't quite the same.) | |
| Apr 22, 2011 at 7:53 | history | edited | avpaderno | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 16, 2011 at 9:59 | vote | accept | avpaderno | ||
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| Aug 25, 2010 at 13:22 | comment | added | mfg | Holy Willie! I didn't know it had to do with a hypocrite, good to know :D | |
| Aug 23, 2010 at 1:49 | comment | added | delete | The first link actually says "by the holy smoke", so it's not quite the same thing. | |
| Aug 22, 2010 at 23:22 | comment | added | avpaderno | The first link should take here. | |
| Aug 22, 2010 at 18:53 | history | answered | Charlie | CC BY-SA 2.5 |