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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: 15th March warning #141046 03/17/2005 1:16 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA TEd sez: Drat!" drat (colloq; exclamation) an expression of anger, disgust or annoyance. 19th C. Probably a contraction of "God rot" (normally used with an object, as in "God rot (something)" or "God rot (someone)". The journey from 'drot to drat was apparently a short one. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted 15th March warning TEd Remington 03/17/2005 12:39 PM Re: 15th March warning Father Steve 03/17/2005 1:16 PM Re: 15th March warning Zed 03/17/2005 7:42 PM Re: 15th March warning Father Steve 03/17/2005 7:58 PM Re: 15th March warning Zed 03/17/2005 8:08 PM Re: 15th March warning Jackie 03/17/2005 11:41 PM blue genes wofahulicodoc 03/23/2005 2:41 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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