dammit

Univerbation of damn +‎ it.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdæmɪt/, /ˈdæmət/

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• Rhymes: -æmɪt, -æmət

dammit

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

• See also Thesaurus:dammit

dammit (plural dammits)

1. The saying of the interjection, used as a general measure of anything.
   • 1935, Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, The Luck of the Bodkins:

     ... my life at Cannes was as blameless as dammit.

   • 1938, Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, The Code of the Woosters:

     ... and I may say that I was as limpid as dammit.

   • 2006, Dewey Lambdin, A King's Trade, page 294:

     Get us about, quick as dammit! Clew up tops'ls, there!

   • 2007, Ruth Rendell, Not in the Flesh, page 14:

     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?

2. A fastener used for military medals, name tags or other things that are pinned to a uniform; a clutch, a clutchback.
   • 2022 July 18, Perry Muse, Morbid Thoughts and the Domino Effect: Passing Thoughts During Cancer, Gatekeeper Press, →ISBN, page 21:

     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.

• 2010 December 2, Amy Efaw, Battle Dress, Penguin, →ISBN:

  dammits: clasps on the back of name tags, BRASS, or service ribbons which are pinned to the uniform.