Jesus, Mary and Joseph
Jesus, Mary and Joseph interjection: expletive, used in surprise, in disgust, or to add emphasis, particularly by Catholics.
Interjection
- Expletive, used in surprise, in disgust, or to add emphasis, particularly by Catholics.
- Near-synonyms: Jesus Christ; Mother of God; see also Thesaurus:wow
- "Jesus, Mary and Joseph. The man ran you down?"2013, Jack O' Keefe, Survivors of the Irish Great Hunger, 1845–1850, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 8
- Synonyms:
- Jesus Christ, Mother of God, adzooks, ay, caramba, mirabile dictu, chihuahua, begorra, bleeding heck, bleeding Nora
Jesus, Mary and Joseph meaning in Tagalog and Vietnamese
Jesus, Mary and Joseph in Tagalog
- expletive
- susmaryosep, hesusmaryosep
Jesus, Mary and Joseph in Vietnamese
- expletive
- Giêsu Maria
Synonyms of Jesus, Mary and Joseph
- Jesus Christ
- Mother of God
- ay
- caramba
- mirabile dictu
- chihuahua
- bleeding heck
- bleeding Nora
- bless my heart
- bless my soul
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- bless us
- blige
- blimey
- bloody hell
- bloody Nora
- blow me down
- butter my butt and call me a biscuit
- by all that is holy
- by Allah
- by cracky
- by George
- by God
- by golly
- by gosh
- by gum
- by gummy
- by jingo
- by Jove
- by juckies
- by Jupiter
- by thunder
- by the living jingo
- Christ
- Christ alive
- Christ almighty
- Christ on a bike
- Christ on a cracker
- Christ on a raft
- Christ on a stick
- Christ on a crutch
Forms of Jesus, Mary and Joseph
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Origin of Jesus, Mary and Joseph
From origins in prayer, reciting the names of the Holy Family (Jesus, Mary, and Joseph) and calling to them for intercession.
Questions about Jesus, Mary and Joseph
- What does Jesus, Mary and Joseph mean?
- Jesus, Mary and Joseph means expletive, used in surprise, in disgust, or to add emphasis, particularly by Catholics.
- What is Jesus, Mary and Joseph in Tagalog?
- Jesus, Mary and Joseph in Tagalog is susmaryosep, hesusmaryosep. See Jesus, Mary and Joseph meaning in Tagalog.
- What part of speech is Jesus, Mary and Joseph?
- Jesus, Mary and Joseph is an interjection.
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Source and license
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