What does it mean?

Do you actually know anyone with "A Giddy Aunt?"

Why do they say "Oh, my giddy aunt?"

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I am probably a 'giddy aunt ' I am sure my nieces would say so....

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Silly or daft, but according to some it was an expleitive said in a way to avoiding blasphemy thinking the word giddy to be from gidi from gudo or God...

So its supposed to be an alternative for OMG..

That said Id much rather hear oh my giddy aunt or oh fudge, than what we are normally treated to when out and about..

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In our family it was 'Oh my sainted aunt !'

Another strange one is 'playing the giddy kipper' !

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Ooh, I've never heard that one Tabby.
What does that one mean?

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Giddy kipper... Thats a new one to me!

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This is why I carry smelling salts, you never know when you're going to come across these phenomenon!

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'Acting the maggot' is something similar Silver.

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It used to be said to me by Grandma if she thought I was acting the fool. I suppose in UK you might say 'taking the mickey' but in Eire the 'mickey' is something else entirely!

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Got to ask what does mickey mean in eyre