goldarn [gol-dahrn] ExamplesWord Origin noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object) Informal.
- goddamn (used as a euphemism in expressions of anger, disgust, surprise, etc.).
Also goldurn. Origin of goldarn First recorded in 1825–35 Examples from the Web for goldarn Historical Examples of goldarn
Why the jooce don’t yer stop, yer Goldarn young son of a gun?
C. K. Shepherd
That Hank was a goldarn German—and Hank was rooming with me!
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 153, Oct. 17, 1917
Various
All of these are oath-sounds rather than oaths, and somewhat oath-evading, after the fashion of “goldarn it,” in America.
Edmond Rostand
I know half the flamin’ controls and flyin’ wires are blanky well cut on my goldarn bus.
Boyd Cable
British Dictionary definitions for goldarn goldarn interjection, adverb
- US and Canadian slang a euphemistic variant of goddamn