'swounds

What is 'swounds?

1.

A sort of abbreviative censorship (minced oath) of "God's wounds", a phrase used in cursing in shakespearean times.

It is to that phrase as "darn" is to "damn", or "fudge" to "fuck".

"'Swounds, I should take it, for it cannot be but I am pidgeon-liver'd and lack gall to make oppression bitter, or ere this I should ha' fatted all the region kites with this slave's offal." -Hamlet, Act II, scene 2, lines 580-584

See zounds, minced oath, shakespeare
69

Random Words:

Ashta
1. 1. A SceneQueen who is originally from California. 2. Arabic for: A type of milk pudding. A desert served in different parts of the Mi..
Read more
Exclatulence
1. In online writing, the use of several exclamation points where one, or none, will do. See also the adjective exclatulent, and exclatul1c..
Read more
Z0rz
1. a suffix to any word u like. used to show that your 1337 and to confuse nubs on games gg nubz0rz i r0xz0rz j00 b0xz0rz See nublet 2. ..
Read more

Best StartPage for your browser.

All you need for a faster workflow in one place.



Get it for Free