Is the word "bloody" considered an actual swear word in England?
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"From about 1750 bloody became taboo in polite society. In an entry published in 1887 in what was then still called the New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, James Murray noted that it was “now constantly in the mouths of the lowest classes, but by respectable people considered ‘a horrid word’, on a par with obscene or profane language”. In 1880, John Ruskin commented that “the use of the word ‘bloody’ in modern low English is a deeper corruption, not altering the form of the word, but defiling the thought of it.” British police reports of the time usually wrote it as “b----y”, a practice that continued well into the twentieth century."
As for the present day, the BBC conducted a survey in 2000 on the severity of swear words. This is how respondents saw the word "bloody": 29% not swearing, 56% quite mild, 11% fairly severe, and 3% very severe.
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There does seem to be consensus about its being vulgar. Online British dictionaries equate it to the f word. That explains all the similar expressions used instead: bloomin', blinkin', etc., like Americans use dang, gosh, shoot, or flippin'.
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One of the most useful swear words in English. Mostly used as an exclamation of surprise i.e. “bloody hell” or “bloody nora”. Something may be “bloody marvellous” or “bloody awful”. It is also used to emphasise almost anything, “you’re bloody mad”, “not bloody likely” and can also be used in the middle of other words to emphasise them. E.g. “Abso-bloody-lutely”!
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Most swear words start off because they invoke an intensity of emotion - they have shock value. Once upon a time swear words tended to be "religious" (ie blasphemy) but as we have moved away from religion, bodily references (think of a synonym for "rape" as in "Rape You") have become much more popular.
Generally swear words lose their shock value over time, they also lose their status of being a capital S Swear Word. So depending on the listener - their generation, social background - how they receive a word will affect whether they call it swearing or not.
For impact, "bloody" packs much less of a punch these days. You will still be able to find people offended by it, but for the most part it's now just considered colourful.
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M$Although in the 1600s the word appeared to be relatively innocuous, after about 1750 the word assumed more profane connotations in the UK and Commonwealth. The use of bloody in adult UK broadcasting aroused controversy in the 1960s and 1970s but is now unremarkable (as can be seen by the fact that in the Harry Potter movies, which are geared toward children, the character Ron says "bloody hell" many times in all four movies).
The origins of the United Kingdom's objection to "bloody" may be in part due to the connotations of Bloody Mary, most commonly referring to a particularly divisive queen of England notorious for her violent suppression of anti-Catholic views.
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Bloody interesting. thx for the WWW link...