dadgum

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/ˈdædˈɡʌm/

A form of goddamned — Damned by God.

Scrabble 11

Meanings

adjectivedadgum (comparative more dadgum, superlative most dadgum or dadgummest)

comparative more dadgum · superlative most dadgum · superlative dadgummest · alternative dad-gum · alternative dadgummit · alternative dadgumit · alternative daggum · alternative daggummit

  1. USeuphemisticEuphemistic form of goddamned.

    I was the best dadgum calendar salesman there ever was.

    2009, Roy Williams, Hard Work: A Life On and Off the Court, →ISBN, page 82
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    We wore the dadgummest colors you ever seen in your life.

    2004, Loretta Lynn, You're Cookin' It Country: My Favorite Recipes and Memories, →ISBN, page 12

    God bless the Army and God bless our liberty / And dadgum the rest of it all

    2005, Merle Haggard, “America First”, in Chicago Wind

    Well, let me tell you, I was in a nosebee—bleed seat – I think in the top seat in the whole dadgum Omni building [laughs] – and I— all I could see was this little speck [laughs] down on the stage with a cape on, so I knew it had to be Elvis [laughs].

    2020 April 29, Paula Deen, “Quarantine Cooking - Sandwiches for the Kids”, in YouTube
adverbdadgum (comparative more dadgum, superlative most dadgum or dadgummest)

comparative more dadgum · superlative most dadgum · superlative dadgummest · alternative dad-gum · alternative dadgummit · alternative dadgumit · alternative daggum · alternative daggummit

  1. USeuphemisticEuphemistic form of goddamned.

    It's just too dadgum hot to run in the park.

interjection

alternative dad-gum · alternative dadgummit · alternative dadgumit · alternative daggum · alternative daggummit

  1. USeuphemisticEuphemistic form of goddammit.

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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