What does goram mean?
POSTED BY: odan16
UPDATED: Monday, April 26, 2004 08:52
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I was just watching the dvd and began to wonder what goram actually means? they seem to say it a lot and I just wanted to know if it was chinese or just a made up word.
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I believe it's a made up word, to substitute for god damn. I've started using my own self, when the appropriate time for such colorful talk arrives.
" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "
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I agree.
Burn the land, boil the sea...
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Originally posted by AURaptor:
I believe it's a made up word, to substitute for god damn. I've started using my own self, when the appropriate time for such colorful talk arrives.
" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "
Glad to know I'm not the only one saying that in the "real world"! It's just so gorram useful.
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I use it all the time too, that and shiny.
Plus some colorful Chinese in situations where saying the exact same thing in English or Spanish may raise some eyebrows. Well it does anyhow but they don't know what I'm saying so it's socially acceptable. 
Pain is scary...
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Originally posted by Gunhand:
I use it all the time too, that and shiny.
Same here.
Haven't used Chinese yet, my gorram Southern drawl makes it just embarassing...
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I also think it is a substitution for goddamn, but rather than just being a made up word, I think it may have come about because of the way Orientals might have had trouble pronouncing goddamn, so it became a popular pronunciation among other people as well.
wo men ren ran zai fei xing.
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Originally posted by Moose:Quote:
Originally posted by Gunhand:
I use it all the time too, that and shiny.
Same here.
Haven't used Chinese yet, my gorram Southern drawl makes it just embarassing...
Doesn't stop me none. Although I'm from one of those fringe areas where I can pull off Yankee too if I really have to, now wanting to...not so much.
"Pain is scary..."
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There was another thread on this topic--sorry, I am really pressed for time or I would find it. Someone claimed on that thread that gorram is a pronuciation of goddamn used in parts of Northern England.
Jon
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