bejesus
pronunciation
How to pronounce bejesus in British English:
UK [bɪd'ʒi:zʌs]
How to pronounce bejesus in American English:
US [bɪd'ʒizʌs]
Word Origin
- bejesus
- mild expletive, 1908, perhaps from by Jesus. To beat the bejesus out of someone is from 1934.
Example
- 1. You scared the bejesus out of me .
- 2. And blast the bejesus out of them with your little cannons , right ?
- 3. I have always felt there was a primordial tug in human nature , prominent in some people , less so in others , toward things that scared the bejesus out of us .