I'll be blowed

English 2022 September 6 Etymology thumb|A 1905 U.S. postcard featuring the term “I’ll be blowed”, and incidentally illustrating its probable origin. Probably a hyperbole expressing that the speaker is so surprised it is as if they have been blown over by a gust of wind: compare en blow me down and en blow me over, and also en knock someone over with a feather, which have the same sense.Well, blow me! https://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-blo6.htm 18 April 2009 Used as a euphemism for en I'll be damned; compare also en blasted#Adjective. Pronunciation en /ˌaɪl biː ˈbləʊd/ RP en /ˌaɪl bi ˈbloʊd/ GA en En-us-I'll be blowed.oga US en əʊd 3 Interjection en Britain euphemism informal dated Used to express amazement and surprise. en Britain, informal blow me blow me down blow me over Britain, informal, archaic blow me pink Britain, informal, archaic blow me tight crikey gosh Britain, informal I'm blowed Thesaurus:wow en Well, I’ll be blowed if it isn’t my old school friend, John! XV II 5 ‘1 Luke at that there homnibus; why, darn me—’ and now, in his eloquence at this peculiar point, my friend became more loud and powerful than ever—‘why, darn me, if maister harns enough with that there buss to put hiron on them osses feet, I’ll—be—blowed!’ 20 The sound of his voice quickened the other’s memory, his face expanded to its fullest capacity, and he also broke into a laugh. “Why, Newman—I’ll be blowed! Where in the world—I declare—who would have thought? You know you have changed.” en Horatio Alger Jr. XXX https://www.gutenberg.org/files/399/399-h/399-h.htm Cast Upon the Breakers 1893 “I’ll be blowed if it isn’t the kid,” ejaculated Wheeler. Alternative forms en I'll be blown Translations used to express amazement and surprise wow References Further reading blow me tight! 17697932 blow v.1 1 20523 June 2022 phrase I’ll be blowed! https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/i-ll-be-blowed Advanced en sentences