dadgum
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Mostly a spoonerism of goddamn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdædˈɡʌm/
Adjective
dadgum (comparative more dadgum, superlative most dadgum or dadgummest)
- (US) Euphemistic form of goddamned.
- 2004, Loretta Lynn, You're Cookin' It Country: My Favorite Recipes and Memories[1], →ISBN, page 12:
- We wore the dadgummest colors you ever seen in your life.
- 2005, Merle Haggard, “America First”, in Chicago Wind:
- God bless the Army and God bless our liberty / And dadgum the rest of it all
- 2009, Roy Williams, Hard Work: A Life On and Off the Court[2], →ISBN, page 82:
- I was the best dadgum calendar salesman there ever was.
- 2020 April 29, Paula Deen, “Quarantine Cooking - Sandwiches for the Kids”, in YouTube[3]:
- Well, let me tell you, I was in a nosebee—bleed seat – I think in the top seat in the whole dadgum Omni building [laughs] – and I— all I could see was this little speck [laughs] down on the stage with a cape on, so I knew it had to be Elvis [laughs].
Adverb
dadgum (comparative more dadgum, superlative most dadgum or dadgummest)
Interjection
dadgum