bally
/ˈbali
/adjective & adverb British
Old-fashioned euphemism for bloody2.It took an hour, a further three telephone calls and an inspection of the instructions bordering on the forensic before I could turn the bally thing off....
- That led to a prolonged lecture on what, exactly, was wrong with British television, society, and the whole bally world today.
- For that you can blame Robert Frost and his bally tennis nets.
