[Lexicog] Words formed on the pattern "participle - ing +first name"

[Kim Blewett]

I've heard "Jumping Jehoshaphat!" as an "expression of startled surprise."
I've wondered whether this name is used purely for alliteration or it's
unusual sound, or if there's something in the Biblical King Jehoshaphat's
story that inspired the expression (of course I've not looked at the story
with that in mind to find out for myself...)
 
Kim Blewett

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I only know 'Waltzing Matilda' as the name of an Australian song.  

And I don't know the history of Creeping Jesus, but I recall an interjection
'Jumping Jesus Jeohsaphat!'  or something to that effect.  I know it as a
sort of expression of startled surprise.

On 11/16/05 8:42 AM, "Fritz Goerling" <Fritz_Goerling at sil.org> wrote:



Isn't that the name of an Australian song? Or would you also refer to a lady
by "she is a waltzing Matilda?"

Fritz Goerling

Susan Gehr wrote: 
Waltzing Matilda?




On 11/16/05 3:06 AM, "Fritz Goerling" <Fritz_Goerling at sil.org> wrote:



Recently I  corresponded with someone on this list about the meaning of a
German
compound word following the pattern 'verb/noun + a first name as a  suffix,'
like:

Zappelphilipp = a  boy who can't sit still
Laberheini = rambling person (Heini is short for  Heinrich)
Heulsuse = someone (man or woman) who cries a lot (Suse is short  for
Susanne) 

I am interested  in knowing how productive this kind of word formation is in
English.
I am  not looking for examples like "slick Willie, tricky Dick, nervous
Nelly,  honest Abe,"
some of which have become more or less common expressions. I  am interested
in examples of the kind 'participle -ing + first name' which  seem to
correspond
to the German pattern mentioned above. Examples would be  "smoking Joe" (for
the
boxer Joe Frazier), "studying Jesse," "peeping Tom,"  "doubting Thomas",
 especially if they have "made it" to become common  expressions and are
included in the dictionary.

Fritz  Goerling

 

 
 
 
 

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