Etymology of "god-damn" by etymonline
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"the characteristic national oath of Englishmen" [Century Dictionary], late 14c., from… See origin and meaning of god-damn.

It’s just another French word we fucked up.

“fraud, deception, humbug”

  • davel@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Today you learned it wrong. Please update the post or delete it.

      • davel@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        3 months ago

        IDK, “TIL ‘god damn’ does actually refer to God.”? It doesn’t make for a very interesting post, though, because most people already think that.