dadgum

English

Alternative forms

• dad-gum, dadgummit, dadgumit

Etymology

Mostly a spoonerism of goddamn.

Adjective

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

1. (US, euphemistic) goddamned.
   • 2009, Roy Williams, Hard Work: A Life On and Off the Court‎^[1], →ISBN, page 82:

     I was the best dadgum calendar salesman there ever was.

   • 2004, Loretta Lynn, You're Cookin' It Country: My Favorite Recipes and Memories‎^[2], →ISBN, page 12:

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

Adverb

dadgum (comparative more dadgum, superlative most dadgum)

1. (US, euphemistic) goddamned.

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

Interjection

dadgum

1. (US, euphemistic) goddammit