dad-blamed

[ dad-bleymd ]

adjective

1. damned (used as a euphemism in expressions of surprise, disgust, anger, etc.):

   The dad-blamed car got stuck in a snowdrift. He's so dad-blamed sure of himself.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dad-blamed¹

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

If, in the first week of the playoffs, Clayton Kershaw loses twice, the past three AL Cy Young winners start three straight Detroit defeats and Mike Trout, Albert Pujols and Josh Hamilton hit .081, maybe the sane reaction is to say, “Dad-blamed five-game series.”

From Washington Post

"But—but," and the farmer, thoroughly puzzled, lowered his glittering axe and stared wonderingly—"but you know, Sister Boyd, that you told me with your own mouth that, being as I'd traded off my own pasture-land to Dixon for my strip o' wheat in the bottom, that I was at liberty to use yourn how and when I liked, and, now—why, I'll be dad-blamed if I understand you one bit."

From Project Gutenberg

Said he: "I have had so dad-blamed many stories tossed at me, I've just about lost my faith in people."

From Time Magazine Archive

All through the 1948 campaign, the Gazette dad-blamed the Dixiecrats, stuck with Truman, "advised" voters to do the same.

From Time Magazine Archive

It's a dad-blamed shame that the courts don't take a han' in the matter.

From Project Gutenberg