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joeeddie1 year, 7 months ago

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I think it is actually a shorter form of the word tarnation.

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  SonOfTheMask1 year, 7 months ago
  
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  I'm not sure, but it's probably related to "knock the tar out of" which is naval slang from back in the wooden sailing ships heyday.
  "Tarnation" I think is a bastardized form of "eternal damnation".
  
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    icono11 year, 7 months ago
    
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    Could be. I was told by an older Religious man one time that it was not 'Christian like' and very dangerous in the 'Eye's of the Lord' to say damnxtion so instead people would say tarnation instead. Kinda like damn becomes drun or drat and etc. But who knows.
    
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