| 释义 |
Great Australian Adjective
noun
the word “bloody” used as an intensifier AUSTRALIA, 1897
This had an extremely high frequency among many speakers, especially formerly, though now it has lost much ground to FUCKINGThe main charge against the Aussie swearer is that he is unimaginative and too closely chained to the Great Australian Adjective[.] — Harvey E. Ward, Down Under Without Blunder, p. 13, 1967 And although you may not be accustomed to using the word “bloody” and “bastard” so early in the morning, you remember that bloody is the “great Australian adjective”, and that bastard is a “term of endearment”. — John O’Grady, Aussie Etiket, p. 50, 1971 — Arthur Chipper, The Aussie Swearer’s Guide, 1972 — Ignatius Jones, The 1992 True Hip Manual, p. 158, 1992 |