The Australian Dictionary of Invisible Culture for Teachers
damn you!
phrase: someone says these words (see more)
I think something bad about you now. I feel something bad towards you because of this.
Because of this, I want to say something bad to you. I want to say something like this “I want something bad to happen to you.”
I want to say it in one moment. I say it with the word ‘damn’.
I think about this word like this: Some people can feel something bad when they hear this word. Because of this, some people think it is bad if someone says this word. I don’t think the same. I want to say this word.
"Damn you! I told you not to scare me like that!"
"It's your choice to be a junkie and die in the gutter. No-one gives a shit, but you're going to kill that woman who is your mother, damn you to death."
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