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fucken and fuckin are not always homophones. Often, the whole point of spelling them that way is to convey lazy or improper pronunciation.

The only example that I can think of here is "damn yankees", which suggests that "damn" is fine here instead of "damned".

My grampa always said he was 30 before he learned "damn yankee" was two words....

Hooray for the South?

Damned is really only common in North America, so we used the more common damn.

We use both in North America. "damn" as a verb (curse, reject, denounce) and "damned" as an adjective (hated, revolting).

In North America, 'damned [noun]' is a marked usage. 'That damn cat' is considerably more common—more common in writing, and moreso in speech.

I'll stick with my babe Lady Macbeth and use "damned", thanks for the input.

Right. I used both in the original copy. But elsewhere, damn is used as both.