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‘Jeepers!’ When words become obsolete

Oct 21, 2025
Oct 21, 2025

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Jeepers Creepers, where’d ya get those peepers?” Now there’s a phrase you probably haven’t heard for a while. Perhaps you’ve never heard it. The line is from a song recorded by Louis Armstrong in the late 1930s.

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