Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- interj. Used to express anger, irritation, contempt, or disappointment.
Wiktionary
- interj. Used to express anger, irritation, contempt, or disappointment.
- n. The saying of the interjection, used as a general measure of anything.
Etymologies
- Alteration of damn it.
Examples
“This generation has achieved a new low in .... dammit! everything!.”
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“Late again dammit - festive salutations to yez all and especially you Tiny Tim (as NowhereBob was known in the locker room).”
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“Listen, if Pete gets to do mashups involving Six - then I get to mix some Boomer footage in dammit ...”
“I think that might be asking more than they will offer, but dammit, that is what I think is fair.”
“The morality of a superhero world is rigged to allow, heck, to drive the superhero to take action now, dammit, which is why it makes perfect sense when two superheroes meet and have a disagreement that they should get into a fight.”
“De Falco's Italian expletive is actually much harsher than "dammit" - but the line has become a national catchphrase and is Italy's top trending hashtag, or keyword on Twitter.”
“But Madonna was 49-freaking-years old when this picture was taken, and dammit, that is past the time when you should be shoving your lycra-covered crotch into the camera.”
“Here's an interesting video from a pushy woman down in Spring Training, who tries to get the Mets 'shortstop to quit speaking that unintelligible Spanish talk and just say something in English, dammit.”
“Holiday expenses, car maintenance (except fuel), vacation, "dammit" expenses (the article's subject), home upgrades, etc”
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“Big "dammit" to Josh/Greg for refusing to even mention the race was in play - EVER.”
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