goldarn
Mild rural curse
Goldarn is a mild oath, a euphemistic alteration of "goddamn" used to avoid blasphemy while expressing frustration or emphasis: Goldarn it, I left my wallet at home.
Like similar minced oaths (golly, gosh, gee), it substitutes sounds to soften the profanity.
The word sounds rustic and old-fashioned, evoking rural American speech.
Also spelled goldurn.
Tame exclamation of surprise
- heckMild frustrated exclamation
- gollyGentle exclamation of surprise
- shucksFolksy expression of disappointment
- geeMild exclamation of surprise
dadgum · doggone · tarnation · confound · blame · blast · drat · fiddlesticks
gosh
Tame exclamation of surprise
- heckMild frustrated exclamation
- gollyGentle exclamation of surprise
- shucksFolksy expression of disappointment
gee · dadgum · doggone · tarnation · confound · blame · blast · drat · fiddlesticks · shoot
old-fashioned
Belonging to earlier times
- folksyInformally friendly and simple
- rusticRural and unrefined
- quaintAttractively unfamiliar, outdated
homespun · countrified · rural · colloquial · Americana · nostalgic · bygone · dated · archaic · traditional
goldarngoddamn
Profane intensifier expressing frustration
goddam · damn · damned · god damn it · blasphemy
goldarngoddamn
Profane intensifier expressing frustration
fucking · bloody hell · damn · Jesus Christ · son of a bitch