Dadgummit Call it what you will – dadgummit, dagnabbit or goldarnit, these alterna-swear words are simply ways your grandparents got around breaking any biblical commandments against "taking the Lord's name in vain" outright.
Gosh, gee, golly, dagnamit, darn, drat, gadzooks, zounds, heck, and cripes are all minced oaths that are still around to charm us with their innocent old-timey ring.
Usage notes. This New Englandism has fallen out of use in New England, but is remembered for its colorfulness and is still used in the Southeastern United States as a minced oath, where 'hell' or 'damn' would otherwise be said, especially in the phrase "what in tarnation".
(Sam Hill was a Michigan surveyor in the 1800s who “allegedly used such foul language that his name became a euphemism for swear words,” according to Wikipedia, so it has to be true. Another source says it's a euphemism for “hell.”)
Samuel Hill (13 May 1857 – 26 February 1931), usually known as Sam Hill, was an American businessman, lawyer, railroad executive, and advocate of good roads. He substantially influenced the Pacific Northwest region's economic development in the early 20th century.
Sam is based on the Virginian Railway Class AG, also known as the "Blue Ridge".
In the Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell, Robert Dugoni creates a beautiful story about a boy born with a genetic abnormality, ocular albinism or red eyes. Growing up and attending Catholic school, he is called "Devil Boy " and is bullied and ostracized by classmates and surprisingly adults too.
What in tarnation is a phrase used as an exclamation of surprise or anger. Generally, the term what in tarnation is considered a mild oath that comes from the time of the American Old West because it is associated with a cartoon character set in the Old West, Yosemite Sam; however, the term is actually older than that.
Meaning of tarnation in English
used to express anger or to add emphasis, to avoid saying "damnation": What in tarnation is that?
From Middle English sām (“together”), from Old English samen (“together”), from Proto-West Germanic *saman, from Proto-Germanic *samanai (“together”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“together, one”).
T-word, a euphemism for tranny, a pejorative term for transgender individuals.
DEFINITIONS1. used for emphasizing strongly that you are telling the truth. I swear to God I was never at that place. Synonyms and related words. Ways of emphasizing that something is true or exact.
Dunbar is famed in Scottish and ecclesiastical history for issuing the longest curse, a 1000-word diatribe against the Borders reivers who he excommunicated saying this: “I curse their head and all the hairs of their head.
You've seen a grawlix before, especially if you've ever read the Sunday comics. But you might not be aware that the thing had a name. The grawlix is the character or series of characters that often appear in place of profanity—the graphical version of bleeping out a word, if you will.
A new survey shows that the "f-word," or as it's most commonly known, the "f-bomb," is used the most by Americans when it comes to cuss words, according to a new study by Wordtips, but there's other words that are used more others depending on where you live.
a prison, especially one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses.
The word "soggy" is an adjective you can use when something gets really, really wet. If something is completely saturated with water or some other type of liquid, it is soggy.
Per Green, the earliest known slang was used among criminal groups centuries ago, as a way to keep their communication from being understood by authorities. It has always been used, on some level, to say “we are the marginal folk,” as he puts it. Slang can be mean and uncaring and disgusting.
This is the inspiring true story of a son and his mother, who start a “book club” that brings them together as her life comes to a close.
Characters. Sam Gribley – a 12-year-old boy who leaves home to live in the wilderness.
You've Reached Sam is a story about a high school girl named Julie grappling with the recent death of her boyfriend Sam. One day, after a week of Sam's death, Julie decides to call Sam to try and hear his voice for one last time. And to her surprise, he actually picks up.