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Nora has been among the most popular girl names in Norway in the 2000s, topping the list of most popular girl names in 2012. [4] In Finnish and Arabic there is a given name Noora. "Bloody Nora", "ruddy Nora" or "flaming Nora" is a British minced oath. [5]
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 ...
Bloody Mary is a legend of a ghost, phantom, witch, or spirit conjured to reveal the future. She is said to appear in a mirror when her name is chanted repeatedly. The Bloody Mary apparition may be benevolent or malevolent, depending on historic variations of the legend. Bloody Mary appearances are mostly witnessed in group participation play.
A cloudy origin story. The exact genesis of the Bloody Mary is about as hazy as the events from an adventurous night before. Popular theory puts the Bloody Mary’s birthplace in Paris in 1921 ...
The Nora Stone, found in Sardinia, Italy, in the 18th century, is the most ancient Phoenician inscription ever found outside the Phoenician heartland (c. 8th–9th century BC). It is indicative of the expansive trade network the Phoenicians established in ancient times.
A large sum of money as in 'to make a bomb'. Also 'to go like a bomb' meaning to travel at high speed. [56] bonce Head, crown of the head. Also a large playing marble. [57] booze As a noun, an alcoholic drink; as a verb, to drink alcohol, particularly to excess. [58] boozer 1. a pub or bar. [58] 2. Someone who drinks alcohol to excess. [58] Bo-Peep
Eric manages to successfully escape with Nora and searches for Sookie to enlist her help; in the process, he manages to kill his archenemy Russell Edgington, fulfilling a vengeance that he began when he was still human. He attempts to save Bill but apparently fails.
Corey Burke considered the bloody rampage – in which she allegedly strangled, bit and hacked her 67-year-old father in the $800,000 Seattle home they shared – to be an “act of liberation ...