big D

See also: Big D

English

From the first letter of damn.

big D (plural big Ds)

(euphemistic) An instance of the word "damn" or "damnation", regarded as profane.
- 1879, W[illiam] S[chwenck] Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan, composer, “act i”, in H.M.S. Pinafore; […], San Francisco: Bacon & Company, […], →OCLC:
  Though "Bother it" I may
  Occasionally say,
  I never use a big, big D!

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