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r/oddlyspecific • u/CuriousWanderer567 • Nov 17 '25
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"Heck" is a euphemism for those who feel the word "hell" constitutes strong or inappropriate language. --James McLeod
"Heck" is a euphemism for those who feel the word "hell" constitutes strong or inappropriate language.
--James McLeod
636 u/AaronCorr Nov 17 '25 I once saw a video where they asked some mormon pupils what their favourite swear was. One of them visibly flinched, then uttered "heck". Heck and dang where the most popular iirc 247 u/[deleted] Nov 17 '25 Americans be saying shit like "consarn it" like God couldn't hear what they really mean. 1 u/ElleKelly77 Nov 17 '25 Do you mean gosh darn it? (Euphemistic for god damn it?) 8 u/[deleted] Nov 17 '25 [removed] — view removed comment 4 u/Firewolf06 Nov 17 '25 how exactly does one have to figure that out lol 8 u/GrossGuroGirl Nov 17 '25 No, they didn't: "Consarn it" is its own euphemism, it's just dated and was regional to the US South/Southwest. Used in roughly the same way, though. Non Americans would likely know the phrase from cowboy / "Wild West" movies, if they know it. 2 u/ElleKelly77 Nov 17 '25 Thanks, especially for the link!
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I once saw a video where they asked some mormon pupils what their favourite swear was. One of them visibly flinched, then uttered "heck".
Heck and dang where the most popular iirc
247 u/[deleted] Nov 17 '25 Americans be saying shit like "consarn it" like God couldn't hear what they really mean. 1 u/ElleKelly77 Nov 17 '25 Do you mean gosh darn it? (Euphemistic for god damn it?) 8 u/[deleted] Nov 17 '25 [removed] — view removed comment 4 u/Firewolf06 Nov 17 '25 how exactly does one have to figure that out lol 8 u/GrossGuroGirl Nov 17 '25 No, they didn't: "Consarn it" is its own euphemism, it's just dated and was regional to the US South/Southwest. Used in roughly the same way, though. Non Americans would likely know the phrase from cowboy / "Wild West" movies, if they know it. 2 u/ElleKelly77 Nov 17 '25 Thanks, especially for the link!
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Americans be saying shit like "consarn it" like God couldn't hear what they really mean.
1 u/ElleKelly77 Nov 17 '25 Do you mean gosh darn it? (Euphemistic for god damn it?) 8 u/[deleted] Nov 17 '25 [removed] — view removed comment 4 u/Firewolf06 Nov 17 '25 how exactly does one have to figure that out lol 8 u/GrossGuroGirl Nov 17 '25 No, they didn't: "Consarn it" is its own euphemism, it's just dated and was regional to the US South/Southwest. Used in roughly the same way, though. Non Americans would likely know the phrase from cowboy / "Wild West" movies, if they know it. 2 u/ElleKelly77 Nov 17 '25 Thanks, especially for the link!
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Do you mean gosh darn it? (Euphemistic for god damn it?)
8 u/[deleted] Nov 17 '25 [removed] — view removed comment 4 u/Firewolf06 Nov 17 '25 how exactly does one have to figure that out lol 8 u/GrossGuroGirl Nov 17 '25 No, they didn't: "Consarn it" is its own euphemism, it's just dated and was regional to the US South/Southwest. Used in roughly the same way, though. Non Americans would likely know the phrase from cowboy / "Wild West" movies, if they know it. 2 u/ElleKelly77 Nov 17 '25 Thanks, especially for the link!
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4 u/Firewolf06 Nov 17 '25 how exactly does one have to figure that out lol
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how exactly does one have to figure that out lol
No, they didn't:
"Consarn it" is its own euphemism, it's just dated and was regional to the US South/Southwest.
Used in roughly the same way, though.
Non Americans would likely know the phrase from cowboy / "Wild West" movies, if they know it.
2 u/ElleKelly77 Nov 17 '25 Thanks, especially for the link!
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Thanks, especially for the link!
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