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单词 blert
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blertn.

Brit. /bləːt/, U.S. /blərt/, Irish English /bləːrt/
Forms: 1900s– blert, 1900s– blirt, 1900s– blurt; also Irish English (northern) 1900s– blairt, 1900s– bleart.
Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: blirt n.
Etymology: Probably the same word as blirt n.In later use perhaps influenced by slang use of blurt, blert in the sense ‘the vulva, the vagina’ (1968 or earlier), with which Green's Dict. Slang (at blurt) suggests a connection; compare Scots (south-western) blirt, in the same sense (1824 or earlier).
Irish English (northern) and English regional (Liverpool) slang (derogatory).
A useless, weak, or cowardly person. Also as a general term of abuse.
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the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [noun] > coward(s)
coward?a1289
hen-hearta1450
staniel?a1500
pigeon?1571
cow1581
quake-breech1584
cow-baby1594
custard1598
chicken heart1602
nidget1605
hen?1613
faintling1614
white-liver1614
chickena1616
quake-buttocka1627
skitterbrooka1652
dunghill1761
cow-heart1768
shy-cock1768
fugie1777
slag1788
man of chaff1799
fainter1826
possum1833
cowardy, cowardy, custard1836
sheep1840
white feather1857
funk1859
funkstick1860
lily-liver1860
faint-heart1870
willy boy1895
blert1905
squib1908
fraid cat (also fraidy cat)c1910–23
manso1912
feartie1923
yellowbelly1927
chicken liver1930
boneless wonder1931
scaredy-cat1933
sook1933
pantywaist1935
punk1939
ringtail1941
chickenshit1945
candy-ass1953
pansy-ass1963
unbrave1981
bottler1994
1905 Ulster Jrnl. Archæol. 11 67/2 Blirt, bleart,..a term of contempt for a crying, useless person.
1943 S. H. Bell Summer Loanen 66 ‘Shut it,’ he said. ‘You've a brass neck, talking to me, lettin' my sister down an' makin' a cod outa me; ye blirt ye.’
1995 P. Redmond Hollyoaks (Mersey TV transmission script) (O.E.D. Archive) Episode 1. 35 Kurt: Anyway, it's all on there... Get that blurt in the office to run it through the colour copier.
2017 @JackWebster 18 Jan. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Know ye place. Honestly this fella la. Such a blert.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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