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bejesus

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be⋅je⋅sus

  [bi-jee-zuhs, -jey-]
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–interjection
1. (used as a mild oath expressing dismay, anger, or the like).
–noun
2. Informal. dickens; devil; deuce: The conglomerate plans to take that tiny company and expand the bejesus out of it.
Origin:
1905–10; alter. of oath by Jesus
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be·je·sus   (bĭ-jē'zəs, -jā'-)   
n.   Slang
Used as an intensive: The bear scared the bejesus out of us.

[Alteration of by Jesus.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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