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Anonymous Posted 7 years ago
Vocabulary

Meaning?

Hi,

What is the meaning of"cuss"and " Lawd have mercy" in the following text?

" Watch your language college boy."

"Please. I'm twenty years old and I'm a senior. I'll cuss, smoke and drink any time I wish."

"Lawd have mercy,"Marietta said as she walked by.

Thanks

  

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curse/swear Lord, have mercy!

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curse/swear

Lord, have mercy!

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To cuss is to swear or curse. "Lawd have mercy" is a phonetic spelling of "Lord have mercy", an appeal to the Christian *** for aid, ironic in this and many cases, stereotypically characteristic of the speech of the early African-American, akin to similar exclamations in many languages and dialects, such as "sacre bleu" or "egads".

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They are examples of dialect from the US.

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