dad-blasted

alternative dadblasted

1. USregionalSynonym of goddamned (intensifier).

   Jonah Weiner, the Slate pop critic, speculated that the dad-blasted ReCaptcha security system that cost fans precious seconds on the Ticketmaster site may influence reviews of the performance: […]

   2010 November 23, Dave Itzkoff, “The Twitterverse Reacts to Its Inability to Purchase Kanye West Tickets”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Nov 2010

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   “I’m what Jim Cummins, the hoss trainer, would call ‘track sore,’” Mr. [Hiram] Jamison explained to his helpreet. “I never did like to have any one walk on my feet, not even myself, and here we are tramping this dad-blasted grill with the mercury trying to butt off the top of the tube.” […] “We’ve explored this dad-blasted town from top to bottom—particularly top—and there isn’t a flat where I’d dare take my kids.[…]”

   1908 August 2, “Hunting a Home in New York […]”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

   The Colonel’s insignia, while symbolic, have a deeper meaning. By an implication easy to the simplest mind, they lead to transformation such as a true patriot deserves. Colonel KNOX is not merely the symbol of the Flag. He is the Flag. Necessarily he is the Constitution that follows the Flag. Those dad-blasted Roosians have their warning.

   1936 June 27, “Symbols”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

   Synonyms: goddamned