Just curious...
2006-08-29 07:30:49 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Same as "f***in'" in America. Insert either.
a. "_____good time"
b. "_____hot"
c. "_____a**hole"
2006-08-29 07:36:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Bloody is seen a particularly uncomplicated swear be conscious interior the united kingdom these days. the thought is that it truly is a contraction of "by using our woman" the place woman is a connection with the Virgin Mary - hence it grew to become right into a blasphemous swear be conscious while it first regarded some hundred years in the past.
2016-11-06 01:06:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bloody is the adjectival form of blood but may also be used as a swear word or expletive attributive (intensifier) in Britain, Ireland, South East Asia, Australia, and increasingly North America. Nowadays it is considered (by most of the population of these countries) to be a very mild expletive, and unlikely to cause offence in most circles.
2006-08-29 07:37:55 · answer #3 · answered by MaxD148 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is a coarse way of swaying "very".
One theory is it was a blasphemy - "By the lady" - Mary that is but this is disputed.
The OED says the origin is uncertain, but possibly refers to "bloods" (aristocratic rowdies) of the late 17th-early 18th centuries ... "bloody drunk" arising from '"drunk as a blood" ... and the association with bloody battle, bloody butcher, etc., "appealed to the imagination of the rough classes." They add, "There is no ground for the notion that 'bloody', offensive as ... it is now to polite ears, contains any profane allusion or has connection with the oath ' 's blood!', referring to the blood of Jesus."
2006-08-29 07:37:20 · answer #4 · answered by Chris C 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Bloody comes from the saying Bloody Mary, as in Queen Mary who wanted to convert everyone, and those who didnt convert were beheaded. It is the lowest word you could say to an Englishman, which is why so many British youngins use it. Its like saying Jesus Christ, in a negative way, to a devout Catholic.
2006-08-29 07:34:50 · answer #5 · answered by Jess 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It used to be the worst swear word you could use. Some say it's a contraction of "by Our Lady" and others that it's a short form of "God's Blood" which would explain why until the 80's it was considered pretty bad.
The "polite" version was "ruddy."
2006-08-29 07:47:26 · answer #6 · answered by anna 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well, it can mean stained with blood e.g. 'His handkerchief was bloody after he blew his nose.'
It is also used as a mild expletive, with more or less the same meaning as 'damn' or 'wretched' - implying that it's a nuisance, or annoying e.g. 'Turn that bloody music off!'
2006-08-29 07:37:16 · answer #7 · answered by mad 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
According to my dictionary it means extreme or extremely.
ie It is bloody hard answering some of these questions.
2006-09-02 03:41:02 · answer #8 · answered by Amanda K 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The same meaning as the word "damn" in America.
2006-08-29 07:32:21 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
It is simply a curse word...it can probably be used in several ways and situations, just as American curse words can.
2006-08-29 07:33:39 · answer #10 · answered by shawnabobonna 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you substitute the word "damn", I'd say that's the American equivalent of "Bloody".
2006-08-29 07:33:25 · answer #11 · answered by sheila c 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋