drat

Meanings

1. 1
   intj

   used to express mild annoyance or disappointment; dated or humorous

   Drat! I left the tickets on the kitchen table.

2. 2
   verb

   to curse or express irritation with, chiefly in mild imprecations

   Drat that alarm for waking everyone before dawn.

Simplified etymology

Drat arose in the early 19th century as a shortening of “od rat,” a euphemistic alteration of the curse “God rot.”

A minced oath shortened from od rot or God rot. Its softened form allowed speakers to express irritation without using the full religious curse.

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