got-damn

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Most of my relations in Arkansas say hot-damn instead of god-damn.  
Stranger yet, my uncle Skeeter says something approaching "hot-toe- 
mattie". I'm sure it puts a smile on god's face every time he does.

On Dec 2, 2006, at 11:14 AM, kelber at mindspring.com wrote:

> Both euphemistic and regional (in a space and time sense).  Any  
> time and place the Bible rules, such euphemisms are employed.  Back  
> in the 1960's, even in the lefty, atheistic NYC circles I grew up  
> in, the word "damn" was considered a little risque.  As it still is  
> in Bible-thumping circles.
>
> Got-damn is kind of cute, in that you avoid saying "God" while  
> letting the offensive "damn" slide.  A modern equivalent might be  
> "fuckin' a."  American English has lots of these euphemisms -- they  
> definitely have a Western flavor (think Yosemite Sam):
> "gol-darned," "drat," "dern," and "dag nab it" come to mind.  I  
> read about some town, somewhere in the Bible Belt, that wanted to  
> pass an ordinance making "Heaven-o" the official greeting.
>
> Laura
>
> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ya Sam <takoitov at hotmail.com>
>> Sent: Dec 2, 2006 12:29 PM
>> To: pynchon-l at waste.org
>> Subject: got-damn
>>
>> One of the pet expressions of AtD characters. And again I don't  
>> remember
>> reading it anywhere else. Is it some kind of euphimistic stuff  
>> (not to say
>> 'god-damn') or is it a more regional feature?
>>
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