2006-07-09 15:26:36 · 4 answers · asked by blu ray 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
I believe it was actually irst pronounced "Dog done it", which of course means means "damn the dog did it again". Either way...I never use it.
2006-07-09 15:33:33 · answer #1 · answered by docfroid 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Found this on Dictionary.com:
Regional Note: There are many regional variants, mostly euphemisms, for damned, both as an oath and as a mild intensive. Southern exclamations and intensives tend to begin with dad-, a euphemism for “god”hence dadblamed, dadblasted, dadburn, and dadgum. Dadgum can be combined with it in the interjection dadgummit. Another such euphemism is the better-known doggone, probably originally Southern but now widespread. Like dadgum, doggone is used as a mild intensive: “The best doggone deals in Alabama” (billboard in Montgomery). Doggone likewise appears in phrasal interjections: Doggonit, I dropped my hammer.
2006-07-09 15:35:23 · answer #2 · answered by oh kate! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a euphemism or "minced oath" for "God damn it" (first used in mid 19th century America**)
**1851 according to
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=doggone&searchmode=none
2006-07-09 15:33:17 · answer #3 · answered by bruhaha 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
soemone didnt want to use the Lord's name in vain back in the 1800s
2006-07-14 11:21:04 · answer #4 · answered by ♫†☼☼♥Natasha♥☼☼†♫ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋