# dayum

> English word · Interjection · IPA [ˈdæ̙jəm] · frequency rank #62,087

## Definitions
1. Pronunciation spelling of damn, representing Southern US English.

## Etymology
Respelling of damn to reflect emphatic stress and a Southern US or African American Vernacular drawl, in which the vowel is broken into gliding vowels.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/dayum