bejesus

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But, unhinged yelling about the other candidates scare the "bejesus" out of you is not a sign of a serious candidate.

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  • But, unhinged yelling about the other candidates scare the "bejesus" out of you is not a sign of a serious candidate. —  Matthew Yglesias
  • - Since turning herself in to the police (for a series of violent murders in which she tore her victims to shreds), Niki / Jessica has snapped a wooden baton in half and beaten the bejesus out of at least one guard. —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • I don't really care about the details -- all I know is that Last night, we reached that shameful point in every season of The Bachelor when I send my inner feminist out to Pizzeria Uno, so I can enjoy the hideous spectacle of the "Women Tell All" episode without getting the urge to slap the bejesus out of myself. —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • Anyone who's fought with window shades that pull down, then zip back up, scaring the bejesus out of you and perhaps making you pee yourself knows what I am talking about. —  Gadgetell
  • Those who have given Phelps such undue attention have tended to be either opportunistic journalists looking for a good story or gay groups trying to scare the bejesus out of donors; in other words, they've had understandable, if not exactly justifiable, reasons for obsessing over this silly man. —  Independent Gay Forum -
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