Meanings
interjectiondayum!
alternative dayumn
- emphaticpronunciation spellingslangPronunciation spelling of damn, representing Southern US English.
Oh, man, did you see her?! Dayum! She was hella fine!
1 more example
'Cause girl, you got me like dayum, baby, dayum, baby, dayum
2012, “Dayum, Baby”, in Here's to the Good Times, performed by Florida Georgia Line ft. Sarah Buxton
Origin
Respelling of damn to reflect emphatic stress and a Southern US or African American Vernacular drawl, in which the vowel is broken into gliding vowels.
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APA
dayum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dayum
MLA
“dayum.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dayum. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dayum,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dayum.
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