AwPhuch
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Posted: June 24 2004,15:57 |
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Source: The Collins English Dictionary © 2000 HarperCollins Publishers:
damn [dæm]
interjection
1 (slang)
an exclamation of annoyance (often in exclamatory phrases such as damn it! damn you! etc.)
2 (informal)
an exclamation of surprise or pleasure (esp. in the exclamatory phrase damn small!)
adjective!-edited- for cool reasons hehe
3 [prenominal] (slang)
deserving damnation; detestable
adverb(ial), adjective [prenominal]
4 (slang)
(intensifier)
example: damn fool
example: a damn good pianist
adverb(ial)
5 damn all (slang)
absolutely nothing
verb [mainly tr]
6 to condemn as bad, worthless, etc.
7 to curse
8 to condemn to eternal damnation
9 [often passive] to doom to ruin; cause to fail
example: the venture was damned from the start
10 [also intr] to prove (someone) guilty
example: damning evidence
11 to swear (at) using the word damn
12 as near as damn it (British) (informal)
as near as possible; very near
13 damn with faint praise to praise so unenthusiastically that the effect is condemnation
noun
14 (slang)
something of negligible value; jot (esp. in the phrase not worth a damn)
15 not give a damn (informal)
to be unconcerned; not care
[ETYMOLOGY: 13th Century: from Old French dampner, from Latin damnare to injure, condemn, from damnum loss, injury, penalty]
Take your pick!! 
Brian
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