dad-blamed

1 9.9

Showing mild anger or strong dislike about something

adjective
/dæd-bleɪmd/

Archaic

: maldita

I can't believe that dad-blamed remote is missing again.

Examples

She tripped over the dad-blamed rug and nearly fell.
Why is this dad-blamed computer so slow?
Why won't this dad-blamed computer start when I need it?
I can't find my dad-blamed keys!
It's just so dad-blamed hot out there.
He was dad-blamed frustrated with the delay in the project.
She kept losing her keys, and it was getting dad-blamed annoying.

Synonyms

damnit

vsdad-blamed

NSFW

15 8.4

A short angry cry people say when they feel annoyed or frustrated

is milder and euphemistic rather than direct or angry

dad burn

vsdad-blamed

Archaic

1 9.9

A mild phrase people say to show annoyance without using strong swear words

is broader and used as a general mild expletive for emphasis

dadburn thing

vsdad-blamed

Archaic

9.9

A mild word people use to show annoyance without swearing

is more general used as a mild expletive to add emphasis

dadgum

vsdad-blamed

Archaic

9.9

A word you put before a noun to show mild anger or annoyance

is not limited to noun placement and serves general mild emphasis

blamed

vsdad-blamed

8.2

Put before a noun to show strong annoyance

is milder and used generally as an expletive rather than only before nouns

How Strong

damned

NSFW

300 5.6

dad-blamed

Archaic

1 9.9

darned

Informal

27 7.4

Surface Forms

dad-blamed positive

Morphology

dad-blamed = dad + blamed (semi-transparent) = dad + blame + ed

The components 'dad' and 'blamed' are visible and combine as an idiomatic intensifier; the exact sense as a mild expletive is not fully compositional.

Etymology

Dad-blamed is a mild swear where dad replaces god to make it less rude and blamed echoes 'damned'. So, dad-blamed is a way to show annoyance or frustration without using very strong language.