people say 'bloody' all the time? Can you trace back the history of this?
2006-10-22 23:13:50 · 6 answers · asked by i heart chewie chewbacca 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
some people say that the curse bloody goes back to Queen Mary or "Bloody" Mary. She wsa a tudor queen who was on the throne before her half sister Queen Victoria. Her father, Henry VIII. Bloody Mary found her nickname through ordering the slaughter of many protestants in her time.
2006-10-22 23:19:29 · answer #1 · answered by just_a_metaphor 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some sources say it goes back to either the 1650 or 1840 depending how it was used but in the 1880s, it was considered a "horrid word" by respectable people. Australian's use it all the time and is not necessarily seen to be obscene.
2006-10-22 23:25:37 · answer #2 · answered by Born a Fox 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It had to do with swearing on the sacred blood of Christ. It was considered blasphemus to use the words "by Christ's blood"lightly, so the phrase became "swear words." The phrase, over time, became shortened to bloody and fell into common use as a type of adjective.
2006-10-22 23:21:22 · answer #3 · answered by Mara K 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
One theory is that it is a contraction of 'by Our Lady' (like Goodbye is a contraction of 'God be with ye')
2006-10-23 00:50:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah i can my dad says it his dad said it and his dad said it and his dad said it and his dad said it and so on and soforth it goes back ages
2006-10-22 23:23:38 · answer #5 · answered by Scythe 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i always thought it had to do with mentruation.
2006-10-23 07:02:15 · answer #6 · answered by vladkeren44 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋