Been trying out "dag nabbit!" recently as an exclamation, just working it back into the rotation a little. Adding a little Yosemite Sam to the day when things are tough. A touch of disappointed Sam Elliott during trying times. I recommend it.
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I regularly use dagnabbit. In 1998, a young lady exclaimed "Dagnabbit!" when she learned I drove 75 miles to work. I had never heard the term outside of cartoons. I've been using it ever since
I once ruined a friend’s student film after being told to emote the 5th or 6th time, I yelled “dag nabbit” and “consarnit” and going on about a rabbit while jumping up and down in an imaginary hat.
I was, and rightfully so, cut from the final film.
9/19, I always miss that day too. We need a Talk like a Looney Tunes Character Day though, I love me a random "What's up, Doc"! Maybe use Mel Blanc's birthday, 5/30th?
I always liked what the Sundance Kid said when they blew up the payroll train.
“Think you used enough dynamite there, Butch?”
It is an all purpose observation when things go sideways.
I curse in "manner" of Yosemite Sam as Loony Tunes was my baby sitter but my language is Veteran Sailor. "God damn cocksucking motherfucking son of a bitch" is my go to for any exasperating commonplace stimulus.
"God damn cocksucking motherfucking son of a bitch"--try it, it's cathartic.
I was a second career teacher and I had to substitute for my usual foul mouth. “Dag nabbit” was part of my lexicon. Also, a super sarcastic “well gosh golly.”
Was Yosemite Sam, the tiny gun goblin with the emotional range of a lit stick of dynamite, out here peddling racist terminologies like “cotton-pickin’?” Is Yosemite Sam cooking up meth and white supremacy in the Acme labs?
We’ll be right back.
Been using it for years, because in my line of work, "For fuck's sake!" lands like a tactical nuke.
Works a charm. I also have worked in "For Heaven's sake" as well.
I say "I reckon" a lot, which is perfectly normal in UK English but when you say it to an American you suddenly sound like an old timey cowboy doctor to them
Dagnabit has long been an expression I use instead of cussing in my classroom. The first time I said it around my four-year-old grandson he said, “Nana, you shouldn’t talk like that that’s bad!”
I love dag nabbit, use it all the time lol. Also just a good ol' "dang." (But also in my middle age the f bomb has entered my vocabulary much more frequently)
You have to do the 1920's style movements too - little stamps, hands flexing together with closed fists, throwing your hat on the floor and stamping on it.
I spent an entire day at a gate at festival and all my volunteers were experts at this by the end...
I've always used for especially exasperating situations. Sometimes the standard swear words just aren't strong enought and all you've got left is irony.
My father used to say "ding dong!" as a way to avoid cussing in front of the kids, but it always sounded like cussing anyway. "Ding DONG!!!" I'm continuing the tradition.
My dad was in the Navy during World War II, and while he was a religious man, he did have an impressive array of profanity when he chose to use it. My favorite: "Last time I saw him he was hanging off the fantail with a broomstick up his ass hollering 'Minesweeper!'" I have no idea what it means.
"Dagnabbit," "curses," "a pox be upon you," "you have forgotten the face of your father." there are countless ways to spice up expressing your disappointment in someone!
My Granddaughter has started saying "dang nabbit" which she got of "The Loud House" cartoon on youtube... and gang nabbit she's got me doing it as well. Which to be fair is better than me going "f**ks sake" as the alternative.
I was talking with @golikehellmachine.com about how the more the rightwingers curse in their political speeches the more minced my own oaths become. goodness gracious!
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I was, and rightfully so, cut from the final film.
“Think you used enough dynamite there, Butch?”
It is an all purpose observation when things go sideways.
"God damn cocksucking motherfucking son of a bitch"--try it, it's cathartic.
"fuck" is just a sentence enhancer, you can tell i'm actually upset when the "oh gosh" and "dagnabbit" starts coming out
like I’m Dirk Dastardly or something.
Son of a motherless goat
Two of my favs
and my own creation in front of the kids: MOTHERPOOPER
"Baby, I don't care"... I'm desperate to drop it on anyone... you don't even have to be a femme fatale
Persnickety
Confound it
Heavens to Murgatroyd
Rasum Frasum
Cripes
"I'm finer than snuff and not near as dusty."
OR...
"I'm as straight as a string with a crown in it."
And shooting his jeep.
Closest she ever got to cursing in her life.
https://youtu.be/pp5hNhHp3Ew?si=Hh9r7qKY8dhbx2xB
We’ll be right back.
Works a charm. I also have worked in "For Heaven's sake" as well.
"Every time I tell a story they show up to rrghfm mrfgrm..."
My go to is Shoot instead of s%#t.
I made it my rule not to cuss in front of my kids and now I’m all G/PG even at work.
If you want to hear what that sounds like: watch Game of Thrones, fast forward until the weather looks grim, and wait for at most 3 minutes.
I spent an entire day at a gate at festival and all my volunteers were experts at this by the end...
IF THAT’S OUR LOT, WELL, LET’S PROCEED IN THAT GENERAL DIRECTION
https://youtu.be/Vf4hFCQnrSI?si=zOGhs-I_3pZ5Plao