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bluggy, a.|ˈblʌgɪ|
Pretended infantile pronunciation of bloody (see quot. 1876), used subsequently as a euphemistic pronunciation of ‘bloody’, esp. to define literature of the blood-and-thunder type (see blood n. 3 d).
1876J. Habberton Helen's Babies 68 Bliaff's head was all bluggy, an' David's sword was all bluggy—bluggy as everyfing. 1890Scott. Leader 17 July 4 The shriek with which Mr. Hall Caine greeted Mr. Grant Allen's protest against bluggy novels. 192119th Cent. May 770 East End ambuscades where the air is thick with the smell of fried fish and Yiddish and bluggy rhetoric. 1966‘K. Nicholson’ Hook, Line & Sinker vi. 74 Bluggy Joan of Arc, with her messages.
Hence ˈblugginess.
1894Punch 30 June 305 It is not poesy, culture, wisdom, wit, That make the literary world go round. Much ‘blugginess’ has more to do with it. 1901Academy 2 Nov. 404 In the close it falls sheer into rant and ‘blugginess’. |