I'll be hanged



I'll be hanged

1. I am very surprised, as in, Well, I'll be hanged; there's Susan.
2. I'll be hanged if I. Under no circumstances will I, as in I'll be hanged if I let you do that. Both of these hyperbolic colloquial usages allude to being executed by hanging.
See also: hanged

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Hyacinth (1)HIE-ə-sinth (English)Greek Mythology (Anglicized)
Tam (1)-Scottish
FraserFRAY-zər, FRAY-zhərScottish, English (Rare)
HammondHAM-əndEnglish (Rare)
Norenenawr-EENIrish, English
Yehudit-Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew