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Blighty is commonly used as a term of endearment by the expatriate British community or those on holiday to refer to home. In Hobson-Jobson, an 1886 historical dictionary of Anglo-Indian words, Henry Yule and Arthur Coke Burnell explained that the word came to be used in British India for several things the British had brought into the country, such as the tomato and soda water.
Million-dollar wound" (American English) or "Blighty wound" (British English) is military slang for a type of wound received in combat which is serious enough to get the soldier sent away from the fighting, but neither fatal nor permanently crippling.
The English variation of Vilayat is Blighty. Malayalis of Kerala use the term Sayyippu or Vellakkaran to refer to a male westerner. In Assam (which became part of British India in 1828), the British are called Boga Bongal (literally meaning 'white foreigners' or 'white intruders').
Blighty is an English slang term for Britain. Blighty may also refer to: Blighty, New South Wales, a town in Australia; Blighty (TV channel), a former UKTV channel; Blighty or Parade, a British magazine for men; Blighty, a 1927 silent film by Adrian Brunel
Blight is a rapid and complete chlorosis, browning, then death of plant tissues such as leaves, branches, twigs, or floral organs. [1] Accordingly, many diseases that primarily exhibit this symptom are called blights.
"Take Me Back to Dear Old Blighty" is a music hall song written by Arthur J. Mills, Fred Godfrey and Bennett Scott in 1916. It was popular during the First World War , and tells a story of three fictional soldiers on the Western Front suffering from homesickness and their longing to return to " Blighty " - a slang term for Britain .
Cryphonectria parasitica is a parasitic fungus of chestnut trees. This disease came to be known as chestnut blight.Naturally found in South East Asia, accidental introductions led to invasive populations of C. parasitica in North America and Europe.
Various militaries have specific rules that regulate leaves. British troops in World War I received leave for "Blighty" every 15 months. [1] "Block leave" is the time allotted to be spent with families independently of their units and where they must not report to their units while on rotation from their tours.