JoYo 🇺🇸@lemmy.ml to Today I learned@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 天前

TIL "god damn" doesn't actually refer to God.

www.etymonline.com

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TIL "god damn" doesn't actually refer to God.

www.etymonline.com

JoYo 🇺🇸@lemmy.ml to Today I learned@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 天前

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god-damn | Etymology of god-damn by etymonline

www.etymonline.com

"the characteristic national oath of Englishmen" [Century Dictionary]. from God + damn… See origin and meaning of god-damn.

It’s just another French word we fucked up.

“fraud, deception, humbug”

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Today you learned it wrong. Please update the post or delete it.
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  any suggestions on a title?
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    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.