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Use of the adjective bloody as a profane intensifier predates the 18th century. Its ultimate origin is unclear, and several hypotheses have been suggested. It may be a direct loan of Dutch bloote, (modern spelling blote) meaning entire, complete or pure, which was suggested by Ker (1837) to have been "transformed into bloody, in the consequently absurd phrases of bloody good, bloody bad ...
Originally from the British English phrase "bloody hell". bliksem – strike, hit, punch; also used often as an expression of surprise/emphasis. It derives from the Dutch word for "lightning", and often occurs in conjunction with donner. "Bliksem! Daai weerlig was hard!". (Damn! That lightning-strike was loud!)
When speaking with a British person, you don't want to be described as "dim," "a mug," or "a few sandwiches short of a picnic."
For the second portion of the list, see List of words having different meanings in American and British English: M–Z. Asterisked (*) meanings, though found chiefly in the specified region, also have some currency in the other region; other definitions may be recognised by the other as Briticisms or Americanisms respectively.
Bloody is an intensifier in British English, often used in such phrases as "bloody Hell" or "bloody murder". Bloody may also refer to: The adjective of blood;
A term for a common ballpoint pen, similar to a Bic. Harry recalls receiving a Biro — wrapped, for some reason, in a tiny rubber fish — as a present one Christmas from Princess Margaret, a.k.a ...
Just when you figured out "soonicorn" and started "dawn dating," perhaps it's time to understand what all those Brits mean with terms like "peng," "punching" and "cracking on." (You know, in case ...
Minced oaths can also be formed by shortening: e.g., b for bloody or f for fuck. [3] Sometimes words borrowed from other languages become minced oaths; for example, poppycock comes from the Dutch pappe kak, meaning 'soft dung'. [6] The minced oath blank is an ironic reference to the dashes that are sometimes used to replace profanities in print ...