blinking adjective used as a mild intensifier; a euphemisim for “bleeding” UK, 1914 The term probably derives from “blank”, an obsolete euphemism for DAMNED
I’m not a blinking thicky[.] — Ian Dury, BillericayDickie, 1977
[Y]ou would never have agreed to the blinking gig in the first place[.] — Kevin Sampson, Powder, p. 26, 1999