单词 | blert |
释义 | blertn. Irish English (northern) and English regional (Liverpool) slang (derogatory). A useless, weak, or cowardly person. Also as a general term of abuse. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1905 |
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