dayum

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English

Alternative forms

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.

Pronunciation

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Interjection

dayum!

  1. (slang, emphatic) Pronunciation spelling of damn, representing Southern US English.
    Oh, man, did you see her?! Dayum! She was hella fine!
    • 2012, “Dayum, Baby”, in Here's to the Good Times, performed by Florida Georgia Line ft. Sarah Buxton:
      'Cause girl, you got me like dayum, baby, dayum, baby, dayum