drat

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  1. interjection Used to express annoyance.

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  • Oh, drat, I forgot to ask for the Glencoe Geotrail leaflet.
  • The increasing temperatures for the last decade - drat, they have been declining for 8 years straight … .. —  IMAO
  • Armando also mentions a couple of "under the radar" players that the Dolphins might pick up after the drat, much like they did with Devone Bess last year: —  MVN
  • Sarah Palin's daughter is keeping her baby because she made a ... oh drat, what's the word that fits here? —  Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions
  • I am attending a conference this weekend (no, not the JASNA meeting in Chicago - drat). —  Jane Austen's World
 

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  1. Short for God rot.

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  1. A minced form of 'od rot: see 'od and rot.
 

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