English Explanatory Dictionary

dayum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

intj
  1. Pronunciation spelling of damn, representing Southern US English.

Pronunciation

[ˈdæ̙jəm] [ˈdeəjəm] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-dayum.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dayum.wav

Word forms

dayum dayum! dayumn

Etymology

Respelling of damn to reflect emphatic stress and a Southern US or African American Vernacular drawl, in which the vowel is broken into gliding vowels.

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