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dayum

[ˈdæ̙jəm]

dayum is the pronunciation spelling of damn.

Meaning of damn

Interjection

  1. (slang, vulgar) Used to express anger, irritation, disappointment, annoyance, contempt or surprise, etc. See also dammit.

See all 12 meanings of damn

Forms of dayum

alternative formdayumn

Origin of dayum

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.

Phrases with dayum

Questions about dayum

What is dayum the pronunciation spelling of?
Dayum is the pronunciation spelling of damn.
How do you pronounce dayum?
Dayum is pronounced [ˈdæ̙jəm].

Words near dayum in the dictionary

  1. daytripped
  2. daytripper
  3. daytrippers
  4. daytripping
  5. daytrips
  6. dayum
  7. dayumn
  8. Dayville
  9. daywalk
  10. daywalker
  11. daywalkers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dayum (page history and authors); damn (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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