Namajaysus

n.

Heard in Tipperary and Cork

Exclamatory interjection equivalent to "In the name of Jesus", used for emphasis rather than religious invocation.

Namajaysus that heifer should be tied!

Posh English

Good gracious, that robust and unfavourably proportioned lady should be restrained!

Same phrase, other counties

• Cork

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