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Bloody, as an adjective or adverb, is an expletive attributive commonly used in British English, Irish English, and Australian English; it is also present in Canadian English, Indian English, Malaysian/Singaporean English, Hawaiian English, South African English, and a number of other Commonwealth of nations.
Expletive infixation is a process by which an expletive or profanity is inserted into a word, usually for intensification. It is similar to tmesis, but not all instances are covered by the usual definition of tmesis because the words are not necessarily compounds.
"You'd better pray for a bloody miracle if you want to avoid bankruptcy." "That was a bloody good meal." "You'd better bloody well make it happen!" An expletive attributive is a type of intensifier. Unlike other adjective or adverb usage, bloody or bloody well in these sentences do not modify the meaning of miracle, good meal, or make it happen ...
Bloody is an intensifier in British English, ... The adjective of blood; Places. Bloody Bay, the site of a 15th-century Scottish naval battle ...
At least that's the way it looks in "American Primeval," Netflix's new Western, for which "brutal" isn't a strong enough adjective. It's savage and primal and bloody and cold and ruthless.
The Great Australian Adjective is a humorous poem by English writer and poet W. T. Goodge. It was first published in The Bulletin magazine on 11 December 1897, the Christmas issue of that publication, [1] [2] and later in the poet's only collection Hits! Skits! and Jingles!. The poem was originally published with the title "-----!", a subtitle ...
An official ended up with a gash below his eye after a scuffle late in East Carolina’s Military Bowl win over NC State. The official got hit in the face by a player’s helmet as members of both ...
Bleddy – local pronunciation of 'bloody' as an emphasising adjective (e.g. "dang the bleddy goat") Blowed – surprised "well I'm blowed" Bobber lip – bruised and swollen lip; Brake – thicket / rough woodland; Borbas – a rockling (Newlyn, Mousehole, in use after the year 1800, from Cornish language barvus, meaning 'bearded') [4]