A recent Bizarro, turning on the ambiguity of the verb darn, in a perfect pun: According to OED2, the verb darn that alternates with damn has the alternative spellings dern and durn, originated as a “perversion of DAMN n. in profane use (Chiefly U.S.)”, and is attested from 1781 on. The euphemistic avoidance appeared at … Continue reading Darn!