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"Damnation" is often used as an exclamation or a curse word throughout all of [[Roshar]].{{book ref|sa1|4}} Saying that something can go to Damnation means that it is unimportant.{{book ref|sa3|3}} People can be said to be as unreliable as Damnation, something wicked or unpleasant is a creature of Damnation, and a horrid situation is sometimes referred to as Damnation.{{book ref|sa1|58}}{{book ref|sa1|i|9}}{{book ref|sa2|62}} "Until Damnation ends" means a very long time, possibly forever.{{book ref|sa1|43}} "What in Damnation" is also a commonly-used phrase, while stronger versions, "What in Damnation's eleventh name" and "What in Damnation's depths", are far rarer.{{book ref|sa2|13}}{{book ref|sa2|38}}{{book ref|sa3|14}} "Damnation's own thunder" refers to severe punishment or repercussions.{{book ref|sa3|2}} [[Lift]] also uses the phrase "Damnation's own gonads" to refer to something incredible, but that might be a Liftism rather than a common phrase.{{book ref|sa2.5|20}}
 
The word seems to present some trouble to translation methods used by [[worldhopper]]s. [[Zahel]] and [[Azure]] continuouslykeep misusemisusing it, treating it the same as "damn", saying things like "Damnation language" or "Damnation these creatures".{{book ref|sa2|44}}{{book ref|sa3|79}}
 
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