blerryadj.

Brit.

/ˈblɛri/, U.S.

/ˈblɛri/, South African English

/ˈbleri/

Forms: Also blerrie, blirry.

Etymology: South African corruption of bloody adj.

South African slang.

= bloody adj. 8. Cf. plurry adj. and adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [adjective] > euphemisms for stronger oaths

adjective1851

something1859

adjectived1869

qualified1886

epitheted1896

adj.1903

jiggering1903

adjectival1907

jeezly1908

blerry1920

bluggy1921

somethinged1922

socking1941

bleeping1957

naffing1959

1920 R. Y. Stormberg Mrs. Pieter de Bruyn 10 What's the meaning of ‘blirry domkop’?

1949 O. Walker Wanton City 61 Where's our blerry scoff, eh?

1959 Encounter Dec. 17/2 That's what every blerry visitor thinks.

1964 L. Nkosi Rhythm of Violence 4 It's the blerry English and their City Council! If this was a Boer town nothing like this would ever happen!

1973 Argus (Cape Town) 24 Feb. (Mag.) The blerrie police was here this afternoon checking our typewriters.

1986 C. Lassalle Breaking Rules 183 Do you boys call this blerry muck breakfast?

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	blerry
释义	blerryadj. Brit. /ˈblɛri/, U.S. /ˈblɛri/, South African English /ˈbleri/ Forms: Also blerrie, blirry. Etymology: South African corruption of bloody adj. South African slang. = bloody adj. 8. Cf. plurry adj. and adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [adjective] > euphemisms for stronger oaths adjective1851 something1859 adjectived1869 qualified1886 epitheted1896 adj.1903 jiggering1903 adjectival1907 jeezly1908 blerry1920 bluggy1921 somethinged1922 socking1941 bleeping1957 naffing1959 1920 R. Y. Stormberg Mrs. Pieter de Bruyn 10 What's the meaning of ‘blirry domkop’? 1949 O. Walker Wanton City 61 Where's our blerry scoff, eh? 1959 Encounter Dec. 17/2 That's what every blerry visitor thinks. 1964 L. Nkosi Rhythm of Violence 4 It's the blerry English and their City Council! If this was a Boer town nothing like this would ever happen! 1973 Argus (Cape Town) 24 Feb. (Mag.) The blerrie police was here this afternoon checking our typewriters. 1986 C. Lassalle Breaking Rules 183 Do you boys call this blerry muck breakfast? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1920
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