dagnabbit
Hillbilly expletive substitute
Dagnabbit is a mild oath expressing frustration or annoyance, a folksy euphemism for "goddammit." It belongs to a family of minced oaths that avoid blasphemy while preserving the emotional release: Dagnabbit, I left my wallet at home.
The word sounds rural and old-fashioned, often used humorously or in imitation of cartoon characters and elderly speakers.
Of the countryside
- old-timerLong-tenured person
- grandpaParent's father
- southernToward the sunbelt
- countrySovereign state or territory
homespun · quaint · colloquial · dialect · Americana · heartland · vernacular · down-home
- cartoonAnimated or humorous illustration
- exaggeratedMade larger than reality
- hammyExcessively theatrical in style
- parodySatirical imitation
slapstick · vaudeville · goofy · comical · buffoon · caricature · over-the-top · absurd
darn
Repair by weaving
blast · fiddlesticks · rats · crud · nuts · heck · jeez · gosh · golly · criminy
rural
Of the countryside
country · homespun · quaint · colloquial · dialect · Americana · heartland · vernacular · down-home · wholesome
Yosemite Sam
- cartoonAnimated or humorous illustration
- exaggeratedMade larger than reality
- hammyExcessively theatrical in style
parody · slapstick · vaudeville · goofy · comical · buffoon · caricature · over-the-top · absurd · theatrical
- Old Westcowboy, cowboys, cowgirl, sheriff, sheriffs
- Old-timey exclamationsgolly, gee whiz, jeepers, gadzooks, fiddlesticks
- minced oathsdarn, heck, gosh, shoot, dang
- old exclamationszounds, gadzooks, egad, egads, forsooth
- regionalismsyouse, fixin' to, fixing to, ain't, aint
- Southern dialecty'all, fixin to, bless your heart, reckon, howdy
dagnabbitgoddammit
Profane expression of frustration
damn it · fuck · shit · son of a bitch · motherfucker
dagnabbithallelujah
Joyful exclamation of gratitude
hooray · yippee · wahoo · hot dog · praise the Lord
dagnab, dadgummit, dadgum, goddamn, goddamnit, damn, damnit, damned, damnation