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blerrie/bladdy hell – damn/damnit. Originally from the British English phrase "bloody hell". bliksem – strike, hit, punch; also used often as an expression of surprise/emphasis. It derives from the Dutch word for "lightning", and often occurs in conjunction with donner. "Bliksem! Daai weerlig was hard!". (Damn! That lightning-strike was loud!)
So where the bloody hell are you? was a A$180 million advertising campaign launched by Tourism Australia in 2006. It was created by the Sydney office of advertising agency M&C Saatchi , under the approval of Scott Morrison (the future Prime Minister of Australia ), who was then managing director of Tourism Australia.
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: expletive attributive used to express anger ("bloody car") or shock ("bloody hell"), or for emphasis ("not bloody likely") (slang, today only mildly vulgar) *(similar US: damn ("damn car")) having, covered with or accompanied by blood considered a euphemism for more emphatic swear words: blow off to break wind to perform oral sex upon
Bloody Bill Cunningham (1756–1787), American loyalist infamous for perpetrating a series of bloody massacres during the American Revolutionary War; Mary I of England (1516–1558), Roman Catholic Queen of England and Ireland, called "Bloody Mary" by her Protestant enemies
The Bloody Mary, a viscous, vegetable- and vodka-filled garnished cocktail, often serves as a refuge for those hoping to subdue the ringing remnants of the prior eve’s overindulgences.
The text (in Chinese, Korean, Japanese, and English) says: I am an American (UNITED NATIONS) pilot. My plane has been shot down and I am helpless, but I want to get back and fight again for the peace of the world and your country. If you will help me and yourselves by getting me to the nearest American unit, my Government will reward you.
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