goldarned
Old-fashioned expletive substitute
Goldarned is a mild oath, a euphemistic reshaping of goddamned to avoid blasphemy: That goldarned dog got into the trash again.
It belongs to a family of folksy substitutes—goldang, dadgum, doggone—that let speakers express frustration without technically taking the Lord's name in vain.
The word sounds rural and old-fashioned.
Euphemistic rural exclamation
- doggoneFolksy mild expletive
- dadgummitMild rural expletive
- goshdarnitSanitized curse word
- consarnitQuaint expletive substitute
tarnation · goshdarned · confound · blasted · blamed · danged · durned · dern
dagnabbit
Euphemistic rural exclamation
- doggoneFolksy mild expletive
- dadgummitMild rural expletive
- goshdarnitSanitized curse word
consarnit · tarnation · goshdarned · confound · blasted · blamed · danged · durned · dern · dratted
darned
Mildly cursed euphemism
- blamedHeld at fault
- blastedDestroyed or damned
- confoundedThoroughly puzzled or frustrated
dadblamed · dadgum · stinkin · lousy · rotten · no-good · ornery · infernal · pesky · doggoned
old-timey
Charmingly outdated in style
- ruralOf the countryside
- colloquialCasual, everyday language
- countrifiedHaving rural qualities
down-home · homespun · rustic · heartland · drawl · twang · Americana · hayseed · backwoods · cornpone