Thread: Equivalent words and usage of BE "bloody" in AE?
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Old 16-Jun-2005, 09:00
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Default Re: Equivalent words and usage of BE "bloody" in AE?
bloody awkward = very
This is one of it's most common uses- intensifying. It can also modify a noun:
That bloody man!
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