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shock horror
interjection
A expression of amazement at something controversial, now usually ironic.
Exact(54)
Shock! Horror!
And — shock! horror!
"Mmm... 'Shock, horror!
And – shock, horror!
Shock, horror, romance!
Pope Catholic, shock horror.
Similar(6)
It was just that kind of shock-horror petrified look in his eyes, so scared".
"Childish witterings about 'self-appointed judges'; shock-horror stuff, feeble navel-gazing.
And that's the second shock-horror which turns out to be not quite so shockingly horrendous.
In the very first episode of series three, Hannah rolls over in bed and - shock-horror! - she's still naked.
So I am a guy who doesn't like hip-hop shock, hip-hop shock
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