bluidy
Bluidy is an older dialectal British spelling and pronunciation of 'bloody,' used as an intensifier to express strong emotion, frustration, or emphasis.
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Bluidy is an older dialectal British spelling and pronunciation of 'bloody,' used as an intensifier to express strong emotion, frustration, or emphasis. Found in historical texts, Scots dialect writing, and older British literature, it captures the authentic phonological shift in certain regional accents where the 'oo' sound replaces the standard 'uh.' While largely obsolete today, it survives in written Scots dialect and historical fiction as a vivid, authentic marker of period or regional speech.
He threw down his cards and muttered 'bluidy hell' under his breath.
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(obsolete, British) bloody.
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