Crossword clues for doggone
The Collaborative International Dictionary
doggone \dog"gone\, doggoned \dog"goned\, adv. Damned; darned; -- used as an informal intensifier; as, he's a doggoned good golfer. [Informal]
doggone \dog"gone\, v. t. [Euphemism for God-damn.] Damn; -- used to express displeasure or annoyance; as, doggone it!. [Informal]
doggone \dog"gone\, doggoned \dog"goned\, a. [Euphemism from God-damned.] Damned; confounded; -- used as an expression of displeasure; as, I wish those doggone telemarketers would quit calling at suppertime. [Informal]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1851, American English, a "fantastic perversion of god-damned" [Weekley]. But Mencken favors the theory that it is "a blend form of dog on it; in fact it is still often used with it following. It is thus a brother to the old English phrase, 'a pox upon it,' but is considerably more decorous."
Wiktionary
a. (context US English) Euphemism for goddamned. interj. (context US English) Euphemism for goddamn; an expression of anger or annoyance.
Wikipedia
Doggone may refer to:
- Doggone Cats, a 1947-released Warner Bros. cartoon in the Merrie Melodies series.
- Doggone Crazy, an episode of the animated television series King Of The Hill.
- Doggone Right, a 1969 single recorded by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles.
- Doggone Sauce, a gourmet hot sauce company created to donate proceeds to Animal Shelters and Humane Societies.
- I'll Be Doggone, a 1965 song recorded by American soul singer Marvin Gaye.
- So Doggone Lonesome, a song written by country singer Johnny Cash.
- A song by Raffi from the Adult Entertainment, also known as "Out in the Yard".
Usage examples of "doggone".
If I was ever fooled by a man in my life, I was fooled by that doggone mate.
Once he was on the coach, if the doggone thing ever came, he intended to drink himself unconscious.
And from the time those doggone Wal-Marts opened until almost today, it has been a little challenging.
She deserved a special tribute, and doggone it, he deserved the privilege of providing one.
When the team took home a bronze medal, she thought, How appropriate, how doggone appropriate.
I'm getting doggoned tired of cashiering for fifteen a week and getting docked for shortages I don't make.
They’re doggoned simple things in spite of the fact that we can’t understand them.
Yes, 'Pik-k,' doggone yuh--after me going crazy with yuh, just about, and thinking you're about to blow your radiator cap plumb up through the roof!