JoYo to Today I learned@lemmy.mlEnglish • 5 months agoTIL “god damn” doesn’t actually refer to God.www.etymonline.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up125arrow-down124
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL “god damn” doesn’t actually refer to God.www.etymonline.comJoYo to Today I learned@lemmy.mlEnglish • 5 months agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squarenocturnelinkfedilink19•5 months ago also goddamn, late 14c., “the characteristic national oath of Englishmen” [Century Dictionary]. from God + damn(v.). Looks like it does.