dammit

Etymology

Univerbation of damn + it.

intj

1. (mildly vulgar) Expressing anger, irritation, contempt, or disappointment.

noun

1. The saying of the interjection, used as a general measure of anything.
   ... my life at Cannes was as blameless as dammit. 1935, Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, The Luck of the Bodkins
   ... and I may say that I was as limpid as dammit. 1938, Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, The Code of the Woosters
   Get us about, quick as dammit! Clew up tops'ls, there! 2006, Dewey Lambdin, A King's Trade, page 294
   I mean I'd banked on getting that permission, I'd as near as dammit been promised I'd get it. Can you wonder I was fed up to my back teeth? 2007, Ruth Rendell, Not in the Flesh, page 14
2. A fastener used for military medals, name tags or other things that are pinned to a uniform; a clutch, a clutchback.
   We couldn't find enough dammits (a cap that goes over the pin to hold it on). We were lucky to find our name tags. 2022-07-18, Perry Muse, Morbid Thoughts and the Domino Effect: Passing Thoughts During Cancer, Gatekeeper Press, page 21