Why this word is great
DAMNATION — [Interjection, Noun] A sharp venting of anger or dismay; the state of eternal spiritual condemnation and punishment. From Middle English dampnacioun, from Old French dampnacion, from Latin damnatio ("condemnation, sentence"), from damnare ("to condemn, judge"). Unlike "condemnation" (a formal, often temporal verdict) or "perdition" (the abyss of total, abstract ruin), damnation is the hinge between the two—the judicial act made metaphysical and endless. It is the taste of ashes in a triumphant mouth, the irrevocable cold of a slammed iron door, and the hissed word that escapes when the hammer finds your thumb—the mortal instant made immortal, and forever cursed.