jabbersjabersn.
/ˈdʒabəz//ˈdʒeɪbəz/ ‘Jesus’, used expletively.
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the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > religious oaths (referring to God) > referring to Jesus
for Christ's sake (or sakes)eOE
in (also a, o', on) Christ's nameeOE
by Christ's, or His, woundsc1350
Christ's foot!c1450
by Gis1528
Jesus Christ1602
Christ1748
Christ almighty1810
jabbers1821
for Chrissakes1845
Jeez1896
jeepers1929
sweet Jesus1932
Jeezum1959
1821 Life D. Haggart 118 By jappers, we were tould he was the boy.
1934 A. P. Herbert Holy Deadlock 311 ‘Be Jabers!’ said the girl, ‘is that the way you feel?’
1970 Alberta Hist. Rev. XVIII. iii. 18/2 ‘Can you hit that man?’ The gunner replied, ‘Be japers, I'll ate what's left of him.’
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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