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thunderation slang (orig. and chiefly U.S.)|θʌndəˈreɪʃən|
[f. thunder n. + -ation.]
Used as a vague expletive or intensive: cf. thunder n. 4.
1836Crockett's Yaller Flower Almanac 21, I don't know as I can say he was so all darned thunderation fat. 1887Century Mag. Nov. 44/2 Everybody wants to know who in thunderation Rache will marry. 1901Munsey's Mag. XXIV. 792/2 ‘I like you all to thunderation..’, he said earnestly, dropping all reserve, ‘but [etc.]’. 1939Joyce Finnegans Wake 245 Bing. Bong. Bangbong. Thunderation! 1949Sat. Even. Post 9 July 86/2 Why in thunderation does he have to play such a hay-in-the-hair? |