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goddam

noun

Etymology

From French goddam (“English person”), from English goddamn.

  1. derived from goddamn
  2. borrowed from goddam

Definitions

  1. An English person, from the perspective of a French person or in the context of French…

    An English person, from the perspective of a French person or in the context of French history, originating during the Hundred Years' War.

    • That is why the goddams will take Orleans. And you cannot stop them, nor ten thousand like you.

  2. Uncommon spelling of goddamn.

    • “[…] This sand,” he said vaguely; then he said it again, viciously, “this sand. This goddam sand. Its like a goddam fuckin desert.”
    • The funny part was, though, we were the worst skaters on the whole goddam rink.
    • ‘No, Paul, not now and not in this goddam car!’

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for goddam. 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