goldarn, v., a., and adv. U.S. slang.
(ˌgɒlˈdɑːn)
Also gol darn, goldurn, etc.
[Euphemistic substitute for God-damn.]
= damn v., damn a. and adv. Cf. darn, darnation, darned. So ˌgolˈdarned ppl. a., damned.
| 1832 New England Mag. III. 380 We have..‘Gaul darn you’ for G― D― you. 1849 Picayune (New Orleans) 6 May 2/6 I'll be gaul-durned ef I deu. 1856 F. L. Olmsted Journey Slave States 312 Seems to me them gol-durned lazy niggers aint a goin' to come over arter you now. 1870 B. Harte Sensation Novels iv. 87 Dog⁓gone. Note, A euphemism common with the men of the West, and equal to the English ‘O drat it’, or ‘Gol darn’. 1885 Harper's Mag. Aug. 397/2 Hannah-Maria-Jemimy! goldarn an' blue blazes! Ibid. 400/2 You're a goldarn liar, Balaam. 1907 N. Munro Daft Days xxxii, Every gol-darned idiot in England. 1910 R. W. Service Ballads of Cheechako 50 Goldarn his eyes. 1920 S. Lewis Main St. 431 Cy Bogart had the 'flu, but of course he was too gol⁓darn mean to die of it. 1948 Reader's Digest Mar. 128 Another great story ruined by a goldurned eyewitness. 1964 Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 17 July (1970) 183 Well, I'll be gol-durned—the salesman that sold it to me said it was Harry Truman. |