What is Jiminy Cricket?
1.
A way of swearing, without swearing. Instead of saying "Jesus Christ!" you say "Jiminy Cricket!" Both words have the same initials. Of course, Jiminy Cricket was the bug in the Disney Pinnochio movie.
Jiminy Cricket, I wasted my money on that Mel Gibson movie!
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2.
He's the cricket from Pinocchio, the one who advises him, Pinocchio's Conscience.
Someone's conscience.
Would you stop going all
Jiminy Cricket on me?
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