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DAGNABIT or DAGGONEIT......where did it originate?
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Dagnabit seems to have come first, in origin it is from the U.S.....
It seems to actually be a mix variation of "God Damn it!" of course.
Much like the abbreviated "Geeze" is used as a more appropriate and exceptionable form of "Jesus".
I do think that Dagnabit predates WWII but there seems a lot of validity in the mode of popularity expressed by your Grandfather. (Cartoons carrying the message.)
Doggoneit seems the even more watered down compromise word choice, using word substitutions that already exist in order to remove it further from blasphemous meaning.
Dog instead of God.
Gone instead of Damn.
The one thing I would add however is that I doubt it originated with soldiers of any stripe.
It more likely came as a compromise to get around the censors.
(This is all speculation and should not be taken as any kind of scholarly truth! I am just making a guess based on what I think is likely.)
:)
Take care friend.
D.
Quoting: DancerJust to clarify (and shamelessly keep the thread bumped, hehe)....the second post was from a poster on another thread. The story was hers/his. There was reference when I was a little girl that the term was used during the American Revolutionary War era, as some of the family came from the Pennsylvania area. It seemed to always produce an over-reaction when used in conversation, but no one ever knew exactly where the term originated. My great aunt seemed to think it had something to do with a distant relative (1700's) of OURS who ran off with the daughter of a nobleman or some such thing...... I think it might be reasonable to assume the "compromise" idea..... Occasionally it just becomes another search I do when I'm really bored, and someone used dagone-it on another thread.......I've never asked here before.... thanks for the idea :-)
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