tabarnak
Meaning
An expletive and intensifier for all purposes.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ta.baʁ.nak/
Etymology
Originally a Quebec eye-dialect spelling of tabernacle. As with other sacres, the semantic shift occurred due to the taboos surrounding blasphemy in predominantly Catholic Quebec.
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