for pity's sake

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for pity's sake

interjection for pity's sake !

  1. colloquial, euphemistic, idiomatic for Pete's sake; An especially mild oath All this cry about "showing the male body" disgusts me, too. For pity's sake -- look at the ad -- there is nothing distinguishable below the chest.

    Similar: for goodness' sake, for mercy's sake, for heaven's sake, FFS, for Christ's sake, for cripes' sake, for crying in the beer, for crying out loud, for fucking out loud, for fuck's sake, for God's sake, for Pete's sake

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@misc{for_pity_s_sake_2026,
  title = {for pity's sake},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/for%20pity's%20sake},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}