dadgumとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Mostly a spoonerism of goddamn.

発音

• IPA: /ˈdædˈɡʌm/

形容詞

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

1. (US) Euphemistic form of goddamned.
   • 2004, Loretta Lynn, You're Cookin' It Country: My Favorite Recipes and Memories‎, →ISBN, page 12:

     We wore the dadgummest colors you ever seen in your life.

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

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

   • 2009, Roy Williams, Hard Work: A Life On and Off the Court‎, →ISBN, page 82:

     I was the best dadgum calendar salesman there ever was.

   • 2020 April 29, Paula Deen, “Quarantine Cooking - Sandwiches for the Kids”, in YouTube‎:

     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].

副詞

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

1. (US) Euphemistic form of goddamned.

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

間投詞

dadgum

1. (US) Euphemistic form of goddammit.