Poll: "What in blue blazes?!" How often do you use this phrase?
"What in blue blazes?!" How often do you use this phrase? |
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Votes: 747
Comments: 9
Added: May 2004
Comments:
| Miriam Wagner - 15th January 2005 20:12 |
| I'm trying to find the derivation of this expression. I was hiking recently and following the blue blazes. Is that where the expression arose with someone following ble blazes? |
| Parbleu - 2nd February 2006 05:53 |
| I heard that it and other expressions with 'blue' (blue murder) come from French. |
| kimmikoto - 23rd April 2007 22:24 |
| I always use 'what in the world?' |
| tektek - 2nd October 2008 20:08 |
| ehh...I usually use "what da ----" or "OMG" but nvr this expression... |
| Scotty - 27th May 2009 11:06 |
| I always use this. Unfortunately the younger generation has resorted to using (OMG) or less intelligent language.....makes me embarrassed to be part of that generation. |
| Brianna - 19th July 2009 03:16 |
| Often Also, Scotty, people used oh my god before this generation. Charlton Heston said it in a handful of his movies. |
| peege - 9th October 2010 09:12 |
| you know scotty, "what in blue blazes" doesnt actually make any sense. theres nothing intelligent about it at all. whats wrong with omg anyway? |
| RedDead - 19th October 2010 20:23 |
| hells bells! It's an amusing expression! |
| PJ - 30th December 2010 18:21 |
| My daughter is hiking the Pinhoti trail in Alabama and there are blue blazes on that part of the trail. When night starts to fall, it is nearly impossible to find your way. My guess is that the phrase 'What in blue blazes' comes from someone who has lost their way by trying to use blue blazes at dusk or later. Thus when someone says something that in unclear, the hearer is lost - like a hiker on a blue-blazed trail after dark. |
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