Tarnation is a euphamism for "damnation" or even "eternal damnation" just like darn is a euphamism for damn or as heck is to hell. It is used to show disgust
What in tarnation is going on here!
by Larry Wenzel January 7, 2007
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by Ron Jackson May 13, 2003
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1)"thats wrong when you show your arse i can see your tagnuts"
2)"i went to go see the tagnuts last night they were tagnutty-tastic"
2)"i went to go see the tagnuts last night they were tagnutty-tastic"
by Ian Burgess June 27, 2006
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Get the What in tarnation mug.Another word for hell also see Heck. Mainly used in the southern part of the United States in the late 19th to early to mid 20th centuries.
1. What in tarnations is going on here?
2. What in tarnations are you doing to that cow Billy Bob?
3. Where in tarnations did I put my corncob buttplug?
2. What in tarnations are you doing to that cow Billy Bob?
3. Where in tarnations did I put my corncob buttplug?
by Kenny August 22, 2003
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