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goddam

adjectiveB2Common in everyday speech and writing · #4,158 of 15,258mostly spoken

Goddam is used to add force to an angry statement. That goddam car, goddam it, every goddam time.

It is a mild oath in America and stronger in Britain, and the spelling appears as goddam, goddamn and god damn. The French once called the English les goddams, from how often they heard it — which says something about medieval soldiers.

Definitions of goddam

  1. 1adjectivegoddamUsed to add force to an angry statement.B2

    “Where are my goddam keys? I'm going to be late!”

goddam is an oath.

Also accepted in games: goddamn, bloody

Where it comes from

From god plus damn. Medieval French used goddam as a nickname for an English soldier, from the oath they used constantly.

  1. English

    goddamn

  2. French

    goddam — English person

  3. English, today

    goddam

les +s From French goddam (“English person”), from English goddamn.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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