The Rice University Neologisms Database

1. Jesus Christ, deity of the Christian faith The idea of this episode of The Simsons was that Homer was sent to be a missionary. However, Homer knows almost nothing about Christianity as he over-exaggeratedly proves by saying, “I don’t even believe in Jebus!” Since then, people use “Jebus” often in direct exchange for the word Jesus when they mean to show perhaps a hint of disrespect towards the deity or mark their own ignorance of the religion.