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damned if I know

intj

Etymology

Ellipsis of I'll be damned if I know, alluding to the certainty and affirmation that the one making the statement does not know.

Definitions

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see damned, if, I, know.

  2. Used in response to a question in which the target person absolutely does not know the…

    Used in response to a question in which the target person absolutely does not know the answer.

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for damned if I know. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA