tarnation
pronunciation
How to pronounce tarnation in British English:
UK [tɑ:ˈneɪʃn]
How to pronounce tarnation in American English:
US [tɑrˈneɪʃn]
Word Origin
- tarnation (n.)
- 1784, American English alteration of darnation (itself a euphemism for damnation), influenced by tarnal (1790), a mild profanity, clipped from phrase by the Eternal (God) (see eternal).
Example
- 1. What in the tarnation was that ?
- 2. There they are.what in tarnation ?
- 3. What in tarnation is that ?
- 4. What in tarnation ? Don 't shoot the water !
- 5. Where in tarnation did you ever find it ?