Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive & intransitive verb To damn.
- interjection & noun Damn.
- adverb & adjective Damned.
from The Century Dictionary.
- A minced oath, used imperatively, equivalent to darn as a euphemism for damn.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Informal Damned; confounded; -- used as an expression of displeasure.
- transitive verb Informal Damn; -- used to express displeasure or annoyance.
- adverb Informal Damned; darned; -- used as an informal intensifier.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective US Euphemism for
goddamned . - interjection US Euphemism for
goddamn ; an expression ofanger orannoyance .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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"Democrat energy solutions have basically been a lot like those newfangled curlicue light bulbs," she complained, calling the doggone things "too expensive."
The Washington Post: National, World & D.C. Area News and Headlines - washingtonpost.com 2011
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I'm quite certain that you connect with the white, white, orange-slice bringin ', church-never-missin', "doggone" sayin ', soccerhockeyfootballmomn' moms and dads, and their moms and dads.
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Hopefully, Fey will lampoon all that "doggone" notecard reading on tomorrow's show.
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So for as friendly and as folksy and as "doggone" cute as Sarah Palin was in the debate tonight, she just reminded me why I don't want her as Vice President.
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And speaking of doggone, Brian Schweitzer dropped a "doggone" into a radio interview with national talk show host Glenn Beck last week.
Archive 2005-10-01 David 2005
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Schweitzer's discussion of coal liquefaction on Thursday just about charmed the pants off Beck, who was particularly struck by Schweitzer's "doggone" terminology and used it half-a-dozen times in the next 5 or 10 minutes.
Archive 2005-10-01 David 2005
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Schweitzer's discussion of coal liquefaction on Thursday just about charmed the pants off Beck, who was particularly struck by Schweitzer's "doggone" terminology and used it half-a-dozen times in the next 5 or 10 minutes.
Doggone it David 2005
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And speaking of doggone, Brian Schweitzer dropped a "doggone" into a radio interview with national talk show host Glenn Beck last week.
Doggone it David 2005
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And Garver used "doggone" when quoted after he screwed up his finance report.
Doggone it David 2005
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Jim heard a low-breathed "doggone" and then she turned and saw him.
brtom commented on the word doggone
"Are you a god or a doggone clod?" Joyce, Ulysses, 15
January 1, 2008