dad-blamed

[ dad-bleymd ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

damned (used as a euphemism in expressions of surprise, disgust, anger, etc.):
The dad-blamed car got stuck in a snowdrift. He's so dad-blamed sure of himself.

First recorded in 1835–45

Why, you dad-blamed old long-horned turtle-dove, the boys in camp was all cognoscious about them hiroglyphs.

Why, you dad-blamed old long-horned turtle- dove, the boys in camp was all cognoscious about them hiroglyphs.

Sid Pannalee he 'lows that the whole dad-blamed business is a put-up job.

It's a dad-blamed shame that the courts don't take a han' in the matter.

April 20, 2024flabbergast

[flab-er-gast ]

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