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- Dammit vs. damnit - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
What is the correct spelling, dammit or damnit? And what is the difference? Just writing this question brings up a red squiggly underneath damnit and the suggestions include dammit and damn it
- Origin of as near as dammit - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Listening to an interview (BBC, so British English), I heard an author describe an actress's performance "as near as dammit" to the novel's character I was confused enough to listen again, and had
- speech - Is it damn thing or damned thing? - English Language . . .
I think the real distinction you might be noticing is the difference between the verb past participle and the adjective interjection noun ("damn dammit") I think when "damn" is used separately from the verb sense, "damn" just intensifies the phrase, makes it ruder, angrier — all the generic things a curse word does
- Is it rude to say damn it? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The context: Not connected with anything Just sharing a feeling when nobody asked, like: quot;Damn it, I love ice cream quot; Is it rude to write or say it in UK? Australia and New Zealand? US
- Correct usage of replacing cuss words with symbols
Standard practice is to substitute asterisk when replacing just some letters (especially vowels, and not normally the first or last letter) in a swear-word (for example - "sh*t", or "c**t") Any random combination of other "special" characters (including but not limited to #%!@?) may be used to denote "some unspecified swear-word" I think OP's specific example is at least "unusual" usage I
- Differences in swearing - UK vs US - English Language Usage Stack . . .
It might be shit! or fudgesicles! or God-fucking-dammit! or good gracious! or Jesus tap-dancing Christ on a cracker or literally thousands upon thousands of other things
- What was slang, profanity and swearing like in the 1800s.
There is also the expression "take the lord's name in vain" which seems to indicate that at one time when swearing people said "God dammit " or the words "God-damned " People still do, but I think it has less shock value now than in 1800
- Origin of “give a damn about” - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
As explained in the following post “give a damn”, though used mainly in the negative form (don’t give a damn), when used in affirmative sentences, suggests that you care about something someone In a
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