slap my ass and call me Judy
- idiom
- Offensive
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[VULGAR] exclamación de sorpresa o incredulidad
- Well, slap my ass and call me Judy! I can't believe it!
Examples
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Did you just win the lottery? Slap my ass and call me Judy!
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When I saw the price drop by half overnight, I thought, 'slap my ass and call me Judy!'
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Slap my ass and call me Judy, I can't believe you actually finished the marathon!
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If that's really your car outside, well, slap my ass and call me Judy.
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Slap my ass and call me Judy, I can't believe you actually finished the marathon!
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Slap my ass and call me Judy, I never expected to see you here!
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Slap my ass and call me Judy, I said that when she told me she was moving to Paris.
Synonyms
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9.2
Shows strong anger, annoyance, or surprise in rude informal speech
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9.9
A strong phrase people say when they are very surprised or shocked
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9.9
A short informal word people say when they feel surprise, shock, or annoyance
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9.9
An old word people say to show surprise or shock
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9.9
An informal word people say to show surprise, annoyance, or that they do not believe something
An informal rude phrase said to show surprise or not believe something
A funny phrase people say when they cannot believe something
A short word people say to show surprise, anger, or annoyance
To say or write a short exclamation to show surprise
A loud informal shout that shows surprise, shock, or strong annoyance
An old-fashioned shout to show surprise or annoyance
A short shout showing surprise or disbelief
A short word said to show mild surprise, annoyance, or frustration
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
slap + mine + ass + and + call + me + Judy
The phrase is a fixed, humorous/vulgar exclamative formula whose overall sense of surprise or disbelief cannot be derived from the literal meanings of 'slap', 'my', 'ass', 'call', 'me', and the name 'Judy'. The combination is idiomatic and culturally marked (the name is arbitrary), so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words would not reliably infer the intended exclamatory meaning.
Etymology
Slap my ass and call me Judy comes from a joking image of someone doing something silly and impossible, like being slapped and then called a different name. One popular story says people used this kind of loud, silly picture to show 'surprise', 'disbelief', or 'amazement', so the strange image became a quick way to say those feelings.