ODTAA

O1D2T1A1A1

phrase

one damn thing after another

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Meanings

phrase
  1. abbreviationmildlyvulgarone damn thing after another

Origin

The expression is reputed to have gone around the colonial clubs of the distant countries of the British Empire in the Victorian period. It came to fame with the publication of the book ODTAA in 1926 by John Masefield.

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APA

ODTAA. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ODTAA

MLA

“ODTAA.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ODTAA. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ODTAA,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ODTAA.

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