英语词汇for crying out loud的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

for crying out loud. An Americanism first recorded in 1924, but probably dating back earlier, for crying out loud is what is called a “minced oath,” a euphemism that may have originated when someone started to say “For Christ’s sake!” but got only as far as the first syllable of the second word, realized the curse was inappropriate in the circumstances, and changed the offen- sive word to “crying.” It’s hard to believe that this common ex- pression was consciously invented by someone. But it has been traced to American cartoonist and prolific word coiner Thomas Aloysius (TAD) Dorgan (1877–1929).

词汇	for crying out loud
词源	for crying out loud. An Americanism first recorded in 1924, but probably dating back earlier, for crying out loud is what is called a “minced oath,” a euphemism that may have originated when someone started to say “For Christ’s sake!” but got only as far as the first syllable of the second word, realized the curse was inappropriate in the circumstances, and changed the offen- sive word to “crying.” It’s hard to believe that this common ex- pression was consciously invented by someone. But it has been traced to American cartoonist and prolific word coiner Thomas Aloysius (TAD) Dorgan (1877–1929).
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