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scared the begeebers out of me
What does begeebers mean?Is that event he correct spelling.Thanks.
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Welcome, james. This one's a 'minced oath' (a cleaned up version, if you like). The original oath would have been 'by Jesus' -- minced into 'BeJasus', 'BeJazus' etc., though I have to say, 'begeebers'...
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There are quite a number of these phrases -- stemming from the Biblical prohibition on used the Lord's name in vain. Some are almost unrecognizable as Biblical oaths or curses -- "jeepers", "gee whiz"...
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I think bejeebers is the more common spelling. 29,000 to 1,230 on Google.
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"Bejesus" and "bejeezus" are vastly more common still, reflecting the greater frequency of the less finely minced (perhaps only diced?) form of the oath.
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