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bejesus en · INTJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /bəˈd͡ʒiːzəs/

Etymology

A reduced form of by Jesus.

Meanings

  1. (Ireland, colloquial) Used to express surprise, annoyance, dismay, or anger.
    • He paused, puffed on his cigarette, and struggled with a cough. Bejesus, excuse the language, but the fags'll get me in the end. 1996, Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes, Scribner:
    • The young stinker and smeller dug in his pocket, pulled something out, and, bejesus, the young stinker and smeller was giving him something. 1949, James T. Farrell, The Road Between, Vanguard Press, page 25:

Forms

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bejeezus alternative lexicographic
bejeesus alternative lexicographic
bejaysus alternative lexicographic
bejeebus alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

bejabbers · bejeepers · bejeebers

Relateds

begorra · begad · gadzooks · geez · jeez

bejesus en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /bəˈd͡ʒiːzəs/

Etymology

A reduced form of by Jesus.

Meanings

  1. (colloquial, euphemistic, uncountable, with out of) Used for emphasis, similar to crap, shit or wits.
    • Martial arts mean beating the bejesus out of people. 1995, Neal Stephenson, The Diamond Age […] , New York: Bantam Spectra, →ISBN:
    • This old lady just completely slapped the bejesus out of him.
    • That screaming, flaming skull in the closet totally scared the bejesus out of me!
    • The dorsal fin is one of the animal kingdom’s masterstrokes of branding; it looks like a tooth, and we don’t need to see the rest of the shark to have the bejesus scared out of us. 2018, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, “Jason Statham fighting a giant shark should be a lot more fun than The Meg”, in The A.V. Club:
    • Nixon: You see what I mean? We can’t take it. Kissinger: I agree. That’s why we’ve got to blast— Nixon: That’s right. Kissinger: —the living bejeezus out of North Vietnam. We will gain nothing for restraint—. Nixon: That’s right 1972, Henry Kissinger, Conversation Between President Nixon and the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Office of the Historian
    • The bear scared the bejesus out of us.
    • He said you confused the bejesus out of him.
    • But they give me clothes for my body, and food for my belly, and tonight, I'm so happy, I could beat the living bejesus outa this goddam drum. 1949, Richard Harrity, Hope is the Thing with Feathers, Dramatists Play Service, page 18:

Forms

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bejeebus alternative lexicographic
bejeesus alternative lexicographic
bejeezus alternative lexicographic
bejaysus alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

the bejesus · the bejesus out of