Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Used as an intensive.
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- interjection Expressing
surprise ,annoyance ,dismay , oranger . - noun euphemistic Used for emphasis, similar to
crap ,shit orwits .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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But still I must utter a more-than-slightly-alarmed: What the bejesus is the world coming to?
Archive 2005-10-01 2005
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But still I must utter a more-than-slightly-alarmed: What the bejesus is the world coming to?
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But, unhinged yelling about the other candidates scare the "bejesus" out of you is not a sign of a serious candidate.
Matthew Yglesias 2009
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And so we learn that the president and the Congress had the so-called "bejesus" scared out of them to get them on board the bailout express-which turned into a bailout local, may just be stuck at the station.
News Dissector Blog 2008
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Quotes from movies The final line in a war movie is "bejesus" but what is the movie. any help greatly appreciated!!
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If I was to get on the air and start saying horrible things about anyone, day in and day out, and scaring the 'bejesus' out of you, and telling you that the world is going to end as a result of this particular politician, whether he's on the right or the left or the middle, don't you think he would be polarizing? "
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It is not so much Palin sares me ....... but there is some scale of mass that accepts her as a "leader" scares the the bejesus out of me.
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I speak for all Americans when I say bomb the bejesus out of easten Afganistan and Western Pakistan buckwheat
CNN Poll: Americans divided over troop buildup in Afghanistan 2009
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December 1st, 2009 6: 27 pm ET my neighbor lost his boy to this Bush debacle stop this war now bomb the bejesus out of the insurgency and lets bring the boys home
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“And why, exactly, did you have to scare the bejesus out of us the night you left?”
Ominous Kate Brian 2011
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