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¿Qué significa Gee ?
¿Qué significa Gee ?
Is it Geesus?
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- Inglés (US)
No, it's like "golly" or "heck" or "you know" or "ya know" or "gosh" or "wow" or "goldarnit" -- it's kind of a throat-filler, a word without referential meaning added in at the beginning to appear more friendly and less direct. Yes, yes, there are possible etymologies (word histories) having to do with Jesus or Jehosaphat or Goshen -- but no native speaker today feels them as being relevant to the words' present use.
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- Inglés (US)
It’s just a filler word in response to being reluctant to do or say something.
In this case. The cop is reluctant to close down the shop. So he says: “Gee, I would hate to close you down”
Another example:
Person A: Gee, I would hate to take your pet away. It’s so skinny!
Person B: I’m so sorry! I will do a better job at feeding it.
Other filler words like Gee: Golly, Man, gosh
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