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TIL "god damn" doesn't actually refer to God. (www.etymonline.com)
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It's just another French word we fucked up.

"fraud, deception, humbug"

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[–] JoYo@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

any suggestions on a title?

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

IDK, “TIL ‘god damn’ does actually refer to God.”? It doesn’t make for a very interesting post, though, because most people already think that.