"I wish I may be shot" meaning in English

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          "text": "It's a joke — if it isn't, I wish I may be shot.",
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        "A form of mild swearing used to emphasize the truth of an assertion; accompanied by if and the opposite of the assertion."
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        "(colloquial, archaic) A form of mild swearing used to emphasize the truth of an assertion; accompanied by if and the opposite of the assertion."
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          "word": "I hope I may be shot"
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          "code": "es",
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          "word": "deseo que me disparen"
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          "code": "es",
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          "word": "deseo que fuese / fuera disparado"
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          "word": "deseo que me disparasen / dispararan"
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  "word": "I wish I may be shot"
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      "word": "I hope I may be shot"
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      "word": "deseo que me disparen"
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  "word": "I wish I may be shot"
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