dangnabbit
Old-fashioned curse substitute
Dangnabbit is a mild oath expressing frustration or annoyance, a folksy euphemism for "goddammit." It belongs to a family of minced oaths that substitute softer sounds for blasphemous words: Dangnabbit, I left my wallet at home.
The word evokes rural American speech and old cartoons, often used now with deliberate comic effect.
Euphemistic rural exclamation
fiddlesticks · shucks · nuts · phooey · rats · shoot · heck · darn
Rural mountain dweller stereotype
- redneckRural Southern laborer stereotype
- countrySovereign state or territory
- ruralOf the countryside
- SouthernOf the region below
Appalachian · old-timer · hayseed · yokel · rustic · backwoods · homespun · provincial
Profane expression of frustration
- hellUnderworld of suffering
- expletiveProfane emotional utterance
- profanityVulgar or obscene speech
- censoredSuppressed from publication
sanitized · bowdlerized · family-friendly · polite · substitute · mild · inoffensive · softened
dagnabbit
Euphemistic rural exclamation
drat · fiddlesticks · shucks · nuts · phooey · rats · shoot · heck · darn · bother
hillbilly
Rural mountain dweller stereotype
Southern · Appalachian · old-timer · hayseed · yokel · rustic · backwoods · homespun · provincial · down-home
goddammit
Profane expression of frustration
censored · sanitized · bowdlerized · family-friendly · polite · substitute · mild · inoffensive · softened · kid-friendly
dangnabbitgoddammit
Profane expression of frustration
damn it · fucking hell · son of a bitch · shit · bullshit