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- Dammit vs. damnit - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Damnit could be used, though you're better off with "dammit" or "damn it" As per Wiktionary: damnit Nonstandard contraction of damn + it Interjection (especially southern US) Common misspelling of dammit Edit: As my answer points out, "damnit" is considered a misspelling of the more popular "dammit", which confirms ЯegDwight♦'s data
- Origin of as near as dammit - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Vijay Kumar, Sterling Dictionary of Idioms (1998) reports that "as near as dammit" and "as near as makes no difference" are variant expressions of the same idea: as near as dammit; as near as makes no difference an amount, a measurement, etc that is not significantly less or more [Examples:] It is going to cost Rs 8,000 or as near as dammit
- 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
I've noticed that symbols (i e #, $, %, !, *, etc ) are commonly used to filter profanity foul language Just out of curiosity, is there a specific way to do
- What was slang, profanity and swearing like in the 1800s.
There is the expression "To cuss like a sailor" which clearly indicates that sailors used "colorful language" to express themselves 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 "
- Why so many curses have religious references?
In particular those of surprise or anger For example Bloody hell, Oh my god, God dammit, Holy crap, Jesus Christ, F*#king hell,
- UK vs US - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
@AliciaBibi Surely what someone would say after stubbing a toe varies from person to person and situation to situation, rather than country to country 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 –
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