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stap my vitals en · INTJ

Etymology

Corruption of stop + my + vitals. Compare stap me.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) An exclamation of surprise or anger, sometimes used as an oath.
   • You have married a woman beautiful in her person, charming in her airs, prudent in her conduct, constant in her inclinations, and of a nice morality - stap my vitals! 1845, William Hazlitt, Lectures on the English Comic Writers:
   • "Stap my vitals, Bill" (this was to Shakespeare), "there's a great wave coming and you're on the top of it". 1928, Virginia Woolf, Orlando:
   • "Stap my vitals, Tuppy, old corpse," I said, concerned, "you're looking pretty blue round the rims." 1934, PG Wodehouse, Right Ho, Jeeves:
   • Stap my vitals Neal cried, and I knew he was quoting Otway. 1995, Kenneth Robert, Boon Island:
   • The true Preux des Dames, (regretfully) went out with the full periwig, stap my vitals! 1854, Tom Taylor, Charles Reade, Masks and Faces:

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Deriveds

stap me