-bloody-

See also: bloody

English

Infix

-bloody-

1. (British, slang) An intensifier.

   Absobloodylutely!

   • 2010 October 17, Hadley Freeman, “Tattoos: what makes one spiritual and another Katona-esque?”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Were it not for the tattoos, honestly, they'd be able to stand on one foot for hours and truly focus and not think once about how they forgot to set the Sky+ for The Daily Show a-bloody-gain.

Usage notes

Usually inserted before the stressed syllable.

An example of tmesis.

Synonyms

• -fucking-
• -goddamn-

Derived terms

• absobloodylutely, abso-bloody-lutely

See also

• bloody

Anagrams

• old boy