dad-blasted

[dad-blas-tid, -blahs-]

adjective

1. damned (used as a euphemism in expressions of surprise, disgust, anger, etc.).

   The dad-blasted door won't lock. What makes you so dad-blasted stubborn?

Word History and Origins

Origin of dad-blasted¹

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

"In my day an' time I've been on all sorts o' hunts, from bear an' deer down to yaller-hammers, but I waited till I wus in my sixty-fifth year—goin' on sixty-six—'fore I started out huntin' fer a dad-blasted woman."

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Of all the dad-blasted, iron-clad cheek!

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Little Aaron wanted to go, but old Aaron held him back, and Jason sat on his nag at the gate and "cussed out" the whole tribe, and swore "he'd kill every dad-blasted one of 'em if only to git the feller who shot his daddy."

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