2007-01-03 22:48:19 · 15 answers · asked by ghostrider2019 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
It comes from the old Anglo-Saxon "bloodig", and became an expletive in the 17th century. It indeed could have been an association between the blood of Christ and in hell, which would have been blasphemy, and also (as the in the answer above) as "By the blood of Our Lady", but is generally regarded as a curse against Queen Mary ("Bloody Mary") who had forced conversion through torture. An equivalent to "May Queen Mary rot in hell!"
2007-01-03 23:06:06 · answer #1 · answered by WISE OWL 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The word Bloody is like the f word in US English
2007-01-04 06:50:06 · answer #2 · answered by Soundguy 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
It means the blood that Christ gave. But why do all Americans think they invented the work Fcuk. (obviously written that way to stop stupid yahoo from bleeping it out)
2007-01-04 06:55:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
" bloody" is an old curse which was contracted from the term "by our lady"
2007-01-04 07:02:29 · answer #4 · answered by samssculptures 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nothing in and of it's self. It's just used to emphasise a statement
2007-01-04 06:52:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
"Bloody": informal, chiefly British, used to express anger, annoyance, or shock, or simply for emphasis; unpleasant or perverse.
2007-01-04 06:50:14 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is an intensifier which amplifies or stresses the word(s) which follow it.
2007-01-04 06:57:12 · answer #7 · answered by Mad Roy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was told at school that it was from the mediaeval oath "By Our Lady!" But apparently, this isn't true
2007-01-04 06:51:31 · answer #8 · answered by SteveT 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
"By Our Lady" i.e. the Blessed Virgin Mary.
What her connection is with Hell is not clear to me!
2007-01-04 08:40:19 · answer #9 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Its a blasphemous expression, reffering to the blood of Christ in hell.
2007-01-04 06:50:27 · answer #10 · answered by S P 2 · 2⤊ 3⤋