Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
GODDAM
blasted, blame, blamed, blessed, damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal
(adjective) expletives used informally as intensifiers; “he’s a blasted idiot”; “it’s a blamed shame”; “a blame cold winter”; “not a blessed dime”; “I’ll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I’ll do any such thing”; “he’s a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool”; “a deuced idiot”; “an infernal nuisance”
goddam, goddamn, goddamned
(adverb) extremely; “you are goddamn right!”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
goddam (plural goddams)
(Gallicism, chiefly, in the plural) An English person, from the perspective of a French person or in the context of French history.
Etymology 2
Interjection
goddam
(uncommon) Alternative spelling of goddamn
Anagrams
• mad dog, mad-dog, maddog
Source: Wiktionary
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