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I wonder what HIS punishment will be for making HIS pact with beelzebub.
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BUH-BYE repubs, dont let the door hit ya, where beelzebub split ya!!!!! nana bruno
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BUH-BYE repubs, dont let the door hit ya, where beelzebub split ya!!!!!
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Will a moderator please do the same for the outright insulting post by “beelzebub”?
Lawyer who helped win Dover case dies - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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The first time “beelzebub” spewed its venom, its post was simply removed.
Lawyer who helped win Dover case dies - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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The first time “beelzebub” spewed its venom, its post was simply removed.
Lawyer who helped win Dover case dies - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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Gives me hope there might be VC money available for my “life after death” social networking site – ads by St. Peter, beelzebub, and Linden Labs. reply
Apparently Old People Aren’t Dying To Use Eons Duncan Riley 2005
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There are three kinds of howlers (_Mycetes_) -- the red or mono-colorado of Humboldt, the black, and the _M. beelzebub_, found only near Pará.
The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America James Orton 1853
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Their physiognomy and their movements sufficiently showed that they were neither the quato (Simia beelzebub) nor the chamek, nor any of the Ateles.
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There are several species of them known -- the coaita, the white-faced, the black cayou, the beelzebub, the chamek, the black-handed, and the marimonda.
The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon Mayne Reid 1850
sionnach commented on the word beelzebub
For years, I used to pronounce this as 'beezle-bub'
February 17, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word beelzebub
So out of curiosity, how many people pronounce this word "bee-ell-zee-bub" vs. "beel-zee-bub"?
February 17, 2007
reesetee commented on the word beelzebub
Bee-ELL-zih-bub for me.
February 17, 2007
sionnach commented on the word beelzebub
bee-ell-zee-bub
February 19, 2007
seanahan commented on the word beelzebub
I always thought it would be pronounced "be-al-zuh-bub", although I don't think I've every said it. I would probably default to Freddie Mercury's pronunciation.
February 19, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word beelzebub
Me too. But I've heard some people say "BEEL zee bub," and thought it was weird. Then again, any time you say this word, it's already kind of weird.
February 20, 2007
reesetee commented on the word beelzebub
This is true. Consider any context in which you might find occasion to use this word. Already, you're in weirdness.
February 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word beelzebub
or a cappella.
February 20, 2007
seanahan commented on the word beelzebub
Very interesting etmyology on this one. From Hebrew "ba‘al zəbûb", meaning "lord of the flies", a Philistine deity. Puts a whole new spin on that book. Answers has some more information on the etymology, including the possibility the Zebub was actually a place, and not a thing.
March 16, 2008
hernesheir commented on the word beelzebub
A character in the Mummers' plays fo England who carries a club and a frying pan.
Here comes I, Beelzebub.
In my hand I carries a club,
Over my shoulder a frying pan.
Don't you think I'm a jolly old man
?October 23, 2009
ruzuzu commented on the word beelzebub
In Good Omens, by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, there's a bit about how all tapes left in a car for too long eventually morph into Best of Queen albums. Then one of the characters--probably the demon Crowley, who is fond of his earthly life and is secretly helping to thwart his boss's plans by preventing the apocalypse--gets rattled when he hears "Bee-elzebub has a devil put aside for me, for me..." coming from his car stereo.
October 18, 2010