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Origin of blimey - English Language Usage Stack Exchange blimey by 1889, probably a corruption of (God) blind me! First attested in a slang dictionary which defines it as "an apparently meaningless, abusive term " Etymonline includes the date of origin as 1889 but doesn't cite the first usage What slang dictionary it is referring to? Is it possible to find more details and the first usage of the word?
Why is “bloody” considered offensive in the UK but not in the US? I don't think it's obscene so much as profane By one theory, "Bloody" in this context is a contraction for "by our lady", essentially swearing by the Virgin Mary (Bloody in Wikipedia) Other similar oaths include "blimey" (God blind me) and "gadzooks" (by God's hooks (hands)) As to why "Bloody" is considered obscene profane in the UK more than in the US, I think that's a reflection of a
Meaning, origin, and usage of “cor lummy” ADDED, 3 14 17: An anonymous reviewer suggests that blimey derives from blind me That seems equally likely, and appears to be the sense in which the word was understood by late 19th-century observers
How did a ton come to mean one hundred of something? Speaking from my reasonably intact memory of the 1960s, we reserved the word ton for 100mph (outside of its proper meaning as 20cwt or 112lbs) If Fred had coaxed his Norton motor cycle to travel at 100mph along our first motorway (freeway), you might have heard some awestruck witness exclaim, "Blimey! Last night, Fred did a ton up the M1 on his Norton!" but otherwise, the British usage of the
etymology - origin of phrase stone the crows - English Language . . . I believe it is "soundalike" - like how Cor Blimey sounds like "God Blind Me" (in certain accents) - for "Christ on the cross" If you didn't say the "cry" part, the rest pretty much matches I base this on the habit of various elderly male relatives of mine from England to actually say "Christ on the cross" when they hit their thumb with a hammer or other situations that needed lots of
How is eff and blind used? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange You might say something like "Then he burst into the house, effing and blinding " As the dictionary suggests, it is a verb (or a verb phrase) It refers to swearing in general, without actually saying what words were said "Effing" is from "fuck" (i e "the eff word"), whereas "blinding" is from swear words such as "cor blimey" (i e "God blind me"), but the actual swear words used could be
etymology - English Language Usage Stack Exchange The expression let to the cockney expression "cor blimey" which is a contraction of " God blind me " Also attested to in this ELU question A shorthand way of saying this is to simply " swear blind ", you are inviting wrath from above without actually invoking God
offensive language - English Language Usage Stack Exchange It's not that I curse a lot, even when I'm angry, but I don't particularly like the origin of certain, particularly the most popular English ones, cuss words, so I am trying to stop using them alto
Do I use a semicolon before and in a complex list? I honestly think you could do without the semicolon I would compose it like so: "I arrange interviews through phone and film, co-ordinate the editorial team’s travel and I write blog posts, articles and reviews of local London events " Semi-colons are supposed to join two closely related sentences without the need for a conjunction