Today's BWOTD I heard repeatedly in an episode of an old Brit' TV show we were watching the other night.
"He's a blethering idiot"
'Blethering' = bloomin'
In the old days this was a slightly politer way to say 'bloody idiot' and is also a real northern Brit' term.
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Hmmm...I've always wondered about blethering. Think I'll use that today since it's so genteel.
In my home area in the north of England we say, blithering idiot.
That's one I actually know. Good luck on the first day with the school kids.
Ha, my Mom used that term some when I was growing up, she was raised in S. Africa, that's funny
Funny, I didn't even realise that was a British word!
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