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Jesus, Mary and Joseph en · INTJ

Pronunciation

Etymology

From origins in prayer, reciting the names of the Holy Family (Jesus, Mary, and Joseph) and calling to them for intercession.

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) Expletive, used in surprise, in disgust, or to add emphasis, particularly by Catholics.
    • Near-synonyms: Jesus Christ; Mother of God; see also Thesaurus:wow
    • "Jesus, Mary and Joseph. The man ran you down?" 2013, Jack O' Keefe, Survivors of the Irish Great Hunger, 1845–1850, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 8:

Forms

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Jesus, Mary, and Joseph alternative lexicographic

Relateds

sweet Mary · Jesus H. Christ · sweet Jesus · Christ almighty

Synonyms

Gordon Bennett · sweet Mary · holy kamoley · my conscience · lawks a-mercy · blow me backwards · holy man · I'm blowed · strewth · lauks · by Jupiter · hey · peas and rice · holy hell · holy guacamole · golly gosh · holy ravioli · my sainted uncle · I'll be dipped · yowzah · Jeebus · holy fudge · heavens above · blow me tight · oh my word · ay · blow me over · I'll be dipped in shit · Christ on a crutch · good gravy · blimey · good grief · holy magnum · holy crap on a cracker · sweet Grandma on stilts · waow · Holy Mother · ohmigod · ruddy Nora · adzooks · Mother of God · geeminy · holy stromboli · jumping Jehoshaphat · holy Moses · mamma mia · shit fire and save matches · holy moley · 'sdeath · bless my heart · holy crud · blow me down · gyatt · oh my gosh · my God · Mother of God · OMG · holy cricket · sheesh · geshmak · gee · by the living jingo · sweet mother of Jesus · wowee · odzookens · golly · oh my heck · jeezy peeps · deary me · I'll be · Jesus Christ · hallo · shart · leapin' lizards · goodness · I'll be bound · son of a gun · suffering succotash · my heavens · dear God · yikes · holy dignity · suffering Sappho · Christ on a stick · sweet Jesus · by golly · stone me · googly-moogly · gramercy · flaming Nora · man alive · oi · shiver my timbers · ye gods · I'll be jiggered · knock me down with a feather · great googly moogly · oh my Goddess · great Caesar's ghost · hell's bells · zounds · fuark · by George · crikey · bloody hell · by juckies · dear me · Christ on a cracker · my gosh · oh my hell · blow me pink · hello · fuck me · I'll be a monkey's uncle · God in heaven · jeepers · holy kamoly · Jesus fuck · oh my stars · slap my ass and call me Sally · gadzooks · cor lummy · odsfish · holy crap · whoa · gaw · good gracious · gosh · good God · please · holy macaroni · my my · dearie me · God Almighty · Jerusalem crickets · snakes alive · by gum · hold up · cor blimey · omigosh · shitting Nora · chihuahua · gee willikers · jeez Louise · what · by jingo · ruddy hell · Judas Priest · Lord be praised · geez · by thunder · you don't say · cor · jinkies · Christ on a bike · oh my days · oh my God · by gummy · flipping Nora · fucking Nora · I'll be a son of a bitch · my giddy aunt · gosh all hemlock · suffering centipedes · goodness me · Jupiter · holy doodle · jeez · get out of town · blow me up · flipping heck · no way · begorra · I'll be a son of a gun · holy cannoli · bleeding Nora · I never · shut the front door · zoiks · I'll be hornswoggled · Jesum Crow · crivvens · mercy sakes · mother of Pearl · O gemini · eep · suffering Moses · zound · great balls of fire · ZOMFG · bless us · sakes alive · Jesus H. Christ · gadsbud · I'll be darned · hot damn · chuffing hell · well · 'struth · heavens · holy fuck · lawks · gee whiz · byrlady · good heavens · oh my goodness gracious · Jesus · by all that is holy · wow · 'sheart · holy moly · Jaysus · great Caesar · goodness gracious · bless my soul · ermahgerd · egads · heyday · oh em gee · ods bodikin · heavens to Murgatroyd · bloody Nora · Jesus Christ · Lord · my word · stone the crows · slap my ass and call me Judy · holy mackerel · diggety · lawl · oh · I'll be dashed · lordy · gad so · God's teeth · gorblimey · I'll be hanged · holy Toledo · my Lord · Mary and Joseph · whoah · butter my butt and call me a biscuit · I'll be damned · Gadsbodikins · by Jove · gracious · Lord love a duck · fucking hell · mama mia · omigod · oh my · blige · my goodness · land sakes · mirabile dictu · wowzers · my sainted aunt · great Scott · jings · what do you know · zowie · my · zoinks · oh my goodness · by gosh · cripes · cowabunga · bleeding heck · goodness gracious me · I'll be a dirty bird! · coo · Holy Mother of God · caramba · I say · holy Hannah · Christ alive · holy cow · golly gee willikers · I'll be blowed · sodding hell · criminy · I'll be danged · I'll be shot · oh my life · heavens to Betsy · blow my buttons · Christ almighty · jumping Jesus · fancy that · dear Lord · imagine that · by God · Jiminy Cricket · zooterkins · I'll be buggered · blow me · by Allah · praise the Lord · jeepers creepers · holy smoke · oh my Lord · Christ on a raft · ZOMG · holy crickets · hooly dooly · Janey Mack · sacré bleu · strike me pink · jeezy-peezy · geez Louise · holy shit · glory be · Jesus Murphy · shut my mouth · holy fuck knuckles · Christ · 'sblood · oh my fuck · egad · sweet mother of God · by cracky · rah · yikes bikes · knock me over with a feather · good Lord · good golly · holy buckets

Translations (13)

fr Jésus, Marie, Joseph (expletive) · vi Giêsu Maria (expletive) · cs Ježíš Maria (expletive) · ceb susmarisep (expletive) · es Jesús, María y José (expletive) · cs ježíšmarjájosefe (expletive) · cs ježíšmarjájozef (expletive) · tl hesusmaryosep (expletive) · pl Jezus Maria (expletive) · cs ježíšmarjájosef (expletive) · ceb hesusmaryosep (expletive) · tl susmaryosep (expletive) · ceb susmaryosep (expletive)