Join FunTrivia for Free: Hourly trivia games, quizzes, community, and more!
Fun Trivia
Ask FunTrivia: Questions and Answers
Answers to 100,000 Fascinating Questions
Welcome to FunTrivia's Question & Answer forum!

Search All Questions


Please cite any factual claims with citation links or references from authoritative sources. Editors continuously recheck submissions and claims.

Archived Questions

Goto Qn #


What are willikers, as in golly gee willikers?

Question #115296. Asked by 29CoveRoad.

avatar
looney_tunes star
Answer has 6 votes
Currently Best Answer
looney_tunes star
19 year member
3321 replies avatar

Answer has 6 votes.

Currently voted the best answer.
Willikers (or many variant spellings such as whillikers, whilikers, willikens, whillikens, whilikens, etc.) is a nonsense interjection with no traceable meaning. I is used after 'gee' or 'golly gee' to express surpirse or delight.

link http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/whillikins?qsrc=2446

The 'golly gee' part of the expression is likely to be a euphemism to avoid using the word 'God' or 'Jesus' blasphemously.

link http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/24/messages/1173.html

Jun 15 2010, 5:21 PM
free email trivia FREE! Get a new mixed Fun Trivia quiz each day in your email. It's a fun way to start your day!


arrow Your Email Address:

Sign in or Create Free User ID to participate in the discussion