2007-02-15 06:04:17 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
I think it would mean "very" as in: your question is bloody original to me.
Oops. Boy am I wrong. I guess it's got many possible US adjectives comparable depending on its usage.
2007-02-15 06:07:08 · answer #1 · answered by Jayna 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
It means a similar thing to 'damn' or 'damned' - "that bloody cat" means pretty much the same as "that damned cat". Bloody is nowhere near as strong as f***, f*** will get bleeped out on the BBC, wheras bloody probably wouldn't. If an Englishman means f*** he'll say it.
2007-02-15 14:06:50 · answer #2 · answered by Mordent 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Throughout history the English were famous for beheading people, hence the name, Bloody English. I guess they just took into their vernacular. So, I would have to say that there is nothing comparable in American English.
2007-02-15 14:08:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
It is really kind of like the big bad f-word in the U.S. You can say bloody hell, you bloody well better do it, he's the bloody boss, this is my bloody car...
2007-02-15 14:08:15 · answer #4 · answered by Biskit 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I think Americans hear "Bloody" but what they are actually saying with strong accents is "By Our Lady" or the equivelant to swearing by either the queen or the virgin mary..., kind of like "God Dammit"
2007-02-15 14:08:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
bloody is a slurring of by our lady, meaning Mary, and dating back to when england was catholic. Since the usa is not a religion based country, there really is no equivalent.
2007-02-15 14:07:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
The "f" word. I thought it meant BS, but an Englishman put me straight on it.
2007-02-15 14:07:30 · answer #7 · answered by marklemoore 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know but I love to use it, people in california loook at me like I'm crazy
2007-02-15 14:16:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
surely our Brit friends will answer this better than myself, but i do know the term is a shortened oath from " the blood of Christ"
"dammmmed" is prolly our nearest equivalent.
2007-02-15 14:10:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have no bloody idea
2007-02-15 14:05:57 · answer #10 · answered by Chewie 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋