doggone

adj, intj, verb — 3 senses

doggone

adj

UK /ˈdɒɡ.ɒn/ · US /ˈdɑɡ.ɑn/

Etymology Minced oath of goddamn or goddamned.

1

US, Dialectal, Euphemistic, No comparative Euphemistic form of goddamned.

I lost my doggone keys again!
"Hist!" exclaimed Black George. "I'll be dog-gone ef [if] I don't think we're chawed [chewed] up this time, sure as sin!"1849, Emerson Bennett, Leni-Leoti; or, Adventures in the Far West:

doggone

intj

Etymology Minced oath of goddamn or goddamned.

1

US, Dialectal, Euphemistic Euphemistic form of goddamned, an expression of anger or annoyance.

Doggone! I lost my keys again.

doggone

verb

Etymology Minced oath of goddamn or goddamned.

1

US, Dialectal To damn; to curse.

[…] doggoning something or other with deep sincerity.1915, The Scoop, volume 4, page 247:

Related terms: dangnabbit, damn, daggum, dang, darn

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