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dammit

DA-miht
intj
1
An exclamation of anger, frustration, or disappointment.
""Dammit," she muttered, staring at the flat tyre."
"Dammit, I left my keys at the office again."
noun
1
Informal: a small unit of anything, used loosely for emphasis (as in "for the umpteenth dammit").
"He must have told that story a hundred dammits by now."

How to Use Dammit

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishA blunt way of saying you're annoyed or fed up, milder than swearing outright.

When to use it

Informal and mildly coarse — fine in casual speech, best avoided in formal writing.

Common pairings
say dammit dammit anyway oh dammit

Word Forms

dammits plural

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Etymology

A run-together form of "damn it", said quickly as one word.

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