Several sites declare they are both used to express "annoyance, disapproval, dismay, surprise, impatience or distress." The urban dictionary explained that yeesh is "yikes" and sheesh combined and etymologically they are variants of the exasperated expressions, geez/jeez (and their profane origin)...or, at least that's the hypothesheesh. ;)
Either way, I love them.
I checked my tag stats and discovered I use "sheesh" far more often, and this made me wonder if this interjection is regional. Do you use sheesh or yeesh or both, or something a little more spicy to express your irritation?
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Personally, I use "sheesh" and almost never use "yeesh." But I do use "yikes" a lot, so there's that. But of course I do not shy away from much stronger language either.
I use sheesh and never yeesh :)
I am a sheesh sorta guy. I can’t say that I notice people saying yeesh. As I type this spellchecker flags the latter but not the former.
Codex: Sheesh. Started using a lot more swear words and synonyms in the last decade. Why do you ask?
I'm more of a jeez girl
I use sheesh for a Turkish sheesh kebab which involves chunks of tender, flame-grilled lamb.
Jeez for me, but more often than not, another 4 letter word comes out instead!
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