bejabbers

[bih-jab-erz]

be·jab·bers

[bih-jab-erz]
interjection
1.
(used as a mild oath expressing astonishment, dismay, disbelief, or the like).
noun
2.
Informal. dickens; devil: The fighter's left uppercut knocked the bejabbers out of his opponent.

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Bejabbers is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
Also, be·ja·bers [bih-jey-berz] .


Origin:
1815–25; alleged to be euphemistic alteration of by Jesus
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