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narf poit chez BOOM · #1 December 16th, 2003, 02:37 AM

bloody? that just means 'a lot'.

well, it might be bad language to other people.

Loser · #2 December 16th, 2003, 02:40 AM

Oh, dear. No offense Narf, but it likely means more than you thought. I'm confident some transatlantic anglophone will hope on and let you know where it come from and what it does mean. I didn't mean my comment as chastisement, just to let you know. There something to be said for vocabulary, even if it's not appropriate in church.

President_Elect_Shang · #3 December 16th, 2003, 03:40 AM

Anyone heard from Roanon?

dogscoff · #4 December 17th, 2003, 09:42 AM

Yes, 'bloody' is one of the older, milder British swear words, although it can be used politely when describing something that is covered in, or results in, a lot of blood or bloodshed (ie a bloody battle is not swearing, but a bloody mess might or might not be, depending on whether or not the mess in question is actually splashed with the red stuff.)

According to my Concise Oxford Dictionary, it stems from the "bloods", an old way of describing the aristocracy. To be "Bloody drunk" was to be as "drunk as a Blood" or "as a drunk as a lord".

narf poit chez BOOM · #5 December 17th, 2003, 10:13 AM

sounds more like an exclamation than an explicitive, but there's not much point in using it if it's going to be misunderstood.

Loser · #6 December 18th, 2003, 02:48 AM

Looks like I was wrong about how strong it was. Thanks for clearing that one up, DS.

CNCRaymond · #7 December 17th, 2003, 03:10 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by President Elect Shang:
Anyone heard from Roanon?

Not since his Last comments.