tarnation (countable and uncountable, plural tarnations)
(archaic) The act or process of damnation or reprobation; hell.
(obsolete) Someone or something that causes trouble; troublemaker.
tarnation
(archaic) Used to express anger, irritation, disappointment, annoyance, contempt, etc.
tarnation (comparative more tarnation, superlative most tarnation)
Bothersome; devilish.
Generic intensifier.
tarnation (comparative more tarnation, superlative most tarnation)
Very; extremely.
This New Englandism has fallen out of use in New England, but is remembered for its colorfulness and is still used in the Southeastern United States as a minced oath, where ‘hell’ or ‘damn’ would otherwise be said, especially in the phrase "what in tarnation".
• Tarantino, intra-NATO, tranation
Source: Wiktionary
24 April 2025
(noun) an obsolete term for the network of viscous material in the cell nucleus on which the chromatin granules were thought to be suspended
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
