bovvern.

Brit.

/ˈbɒvə/, U.S.

/ˈbɑvər/

Forms: 1800s– bovver, 1900s– bovva.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: bother n.

Etymology: Partly representing a child's pronunciation of bother n., and partly representing a regional or colloquial pronunciation of bother n. Compare bovver v. and int.

colloquial.

1. Trouble, difficulty; effort, inconvenience. Also occasionally as a count noun: an inconvenience.In early use in representations of children's speech; later also representing regional or nonstandard pronunciation.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > inconvenience > [noun]

incommodity?a1475

discommoditya1535

inconveniency1552

disconvenience1556

discommodiousness1579

discommodious1583

disconveniency1601

incommodiousnessa1631

ill-conveniency1653

inconvenience1653

disaccommodationa1676

bovver1883

1883 News & Observer (Raleigh, N. Carolina) 7 Dec. It's such a bovver to turn the bag inside out every time.

1891 J. K. Bangs Tiddledywink Tales iv. 44 There's too much ‘bovver’ about cumferble for us to get along well together if we keep on talking about it.

1902 J. Habberton Tiger & Insect ix. 97 Oh, dat's too much bovver for you. Why don't you do like papa does?

1972 Times 4 Jan. 5/1 They cannot be bothered to put the client's own label in, which is essential in export... We are constantly getting replies of ‘it is too much bovver’.

1989 Guardian 2 Jan. 26/5 (caption) Arthur Daley (George Cole) in a spot of bovver.

2013 C. Buller Operation Dolby x. 164 Chris told me you was in bovver and you needed help.

2. Violent behaviour or fighting, esp. that associated with skinhead gangs. Also occasionally as a count noun: a fight.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > disorder or riot > [noun] > action or behaviour of gangs of hooligans

sweating1785

mohawking1825

Mohockism1855

hoodlumism1872

hoodluming1892

hooliganism1898

Teddy-boyism1959

bovver1969

wilding1989

1969 New Society 13 Nov. 762/1 ‘We show 'em [sc. the boots] because they're useful if there's a bit of bovver.’ Bother is the crophead word for fight.

1970 Sunday Tel. 22 Mar. 18/3 A young chap opposite glares at them..trying to start a ‘bovver’ with this ‘Pakee’.

1980 Times 10 May 26/6 Police at Brighton took away the bootlaces from youths obviously looking for ‘bovver’.

1991 W. Holtzman Bovver Boys 31 A lass doesna just go. That's asking for trouble, especially when there's a bovver coming.

2003 J. Mullaney We'll be Back 314 We were losing 2–0 that day, so with about ten minutes to go, about five hundred of us left to try and find some bovver.

Compounds

bovver bird n. a young woman who takes part in violent criminal activities, esp. one associated with skinhead gangs; (later more generally) a woman perceived as tough or aggressive.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > disorder or riot > [noun] > action or behaviour of gangs of hooligans > member of gang of hooligans > female

widgie1950

Teddy girl1955

bovver bird1970

1970 Pix (Austral.) 29 Aug. 7/1 In Britain,..skinheads and their ‘bovver birds’ came into fashion around last April.

1976 Amer. Bar Assoc. Jrnl. Aug. 968/3 ‘Granny-bashing’ carried out by the Bovver Birds in London.

1995 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 30 Aug. 12 Donna prefers to stay true to her calling as British stand-up's top bovver-bird and most dapper dyke.

2009 Spectator (Nexis) 14 Nov. 22 The ‘bovver birds’ are back...Female thugs, of the sort who ran riot in the 1970s, are roaming the streets again.

bovver boot n. a heavy, sometimes steel-toed, laced boot extending to mid-calf, originally worn by skinheads.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > boot > [noun] > heavy or strong

stogy1853

pac1875

pit boot1894

bovver boot1969

1969 Daily Mirror 26 May 11 It is easier to rock steady the night away in one's best bovver boots..than find a true underground scene.

1980 Daily Tel. 6 May 19 Yesterday at Brighton..police..confiscated hundreds of pairs of laces from ‘bovver boots’ so that the youngsters wearing them could not kick anyone.

2008 Independent 16 Jan. 14/2 She had a face like Alex Ferguson's and was dressed in a bin liner and her usual scuffed black bovver boots.

bovver boy n. a young man, esp. a member of a skinhead gang, who takes part in violent criminal activities; a hooligan; (later more generally) a man perceived as tough or aggressive.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > disorder or riot > [noun] > action or behaviour of gangs of hooligans > member of gang of hooligans

whitecap1607

shrove-prentice1638

Mohock?1711

sweater1712

highbinder1806

hoodlum1871

hooligan1898

hood1930

skolly1934

tear-away1938

gunsel1942

Teddy boy1954

hell's angel1956

angel1965

bikie1967

skinhead1969

bovver boy1970

boot-boy1977

casual1980

1970 Observer 11 Jan. 28/4 It was called The Aggro Boy and centred around a football match in general and two bovva boys in particular.

1977 Daily Express 29 Jan. 7/4 Tybalt... This most menacing of Verona's bovver-boys.

2000 Evening Standard (Nexis) 1 Feb. 28 The skinheads and bovver boys adopted the original oxblood boot with yellow laces.

2004 Daily Tel. 9 Aug. 18/3 The political bovver boys who believe that protecting the public is..more important than preserving freedoms.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

bovverv.int.

Brit.

/ˈbɒvə/, U.S.

/ˈbɑvər/

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: bother v.

Etymology: Partly representing a child’s pronunciation of bother v., and partly representing a regional or nonstandard pronunciation of bother v. Compare bovver n.

Now chiefly British colloquial.

A. v.

transitive. To concern, worry, or interest (someone); to bother (in various senses). Often in negative constructions. Usually in passive. am I bovvered?: used rhetorically to express indifference to or a lack of concern about something (with allusion to the catchphrase of a character played by British comedian Catherine Tate: see quot. 2004).

ΚΠ

1871 ‘S. May’ Prudy keeping House 151 ‘She won't let you wake her?’ ‘No'm, she won't,’ replied artless Fly; ‘she said she wouldn't be bovvered.’

1888 Lippincott's Monthly Mag. Nov. 693 Sometimes..I plays stars... I's got lots of little white stones for stars, but de Milky Way bovvered me awful, 'cause its stars are so little.

1910 M. G. Bruce Little Bush Maid 33 He [sc. a child] didn't seem to care..when we showed him the snake... ‘Can't be bovvered wiv snakes.’

1924 Financial Times 22 Jan. 4/7 ‘Answer me that!’ ‘I simply can't be bovvered to.’

1980 B. Friel Faith Healer i. 12 When Mr. 'Ardy gets to you, no need to tell 'im wots bovvering you—Mr. 'Ardy knows.

1993 Guardian (Nexis) 8 Dec. (Features section) 5 The young woman who slashed her arms and legs said... ‘I've done it lots of times... I'm not bovvered.’

2004 C. Tate et al. Catherine Tate Show 1st Ser. Episode 1 in Am I Bovvered? (2006) 15 Ryan: Bing bing! That is bad. Lauren: Am I bovvered?

2006 Cosmo Girl (U.K. ed.) July 36 Nearly a third of 15-year-old girls binge drink... Bovvered? You should be.

2014 Northern Echo 10 Apr. 15 You no doubt caught her ‘apology’, all 31 seconds of it, the ‘am I bovvered’ one.

B. int.

Used as a mild expletive expressing annoyance or exasperation; = bother int. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1890 J. Fothergill March in Ranks II. i. 11 Muvver let the comb tumble down, and said, ‘What! Auntie Alizon ! Oh, bovver!’

1901 Werner's Mag. Jan. 402/1 ‘Bovver!’ said Mac, feeling in his pocket. ‘I declare my matches has got wet.’

1989 L. Kennedy Eve's Apples i. 3 ‘Oh bovver!’ she cried as the [skipping] rope twisted about her ankles.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bovver
释义	bovvern. Brit. /ˈbɒvə/, U.S. /ˈbɑvər/ Forms: 1800s– bovver, 1900s– bovva. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: bother n. Etymology: Partly representing a child's pronunciation of bother n., and partly representing a regional or colloquial pronunciation of bother n. Compare bovver v. and int. colloquial. 1. Trouble, difficulty; effort, inconvenience. Also occasionally as a count noun: an inconvenience.In early use in representations of children's speech; later also representing regional or nonstandard pronunciation. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > inconvenience > [noun] incommodity?a1475 discommoditya1535 inconveniency1552 disconvenience1556 discommodiousness1579 discommodious1583 disconveniency1601 incommodiousnessa1631 ill-conveniency1653 inconvenience1653 disaccommodationa1676 bovver1883 1883 News & Observer (Raleigh, N. Carolina) 7 Dec. It's such a bovver to turn the bag inside out every time. 1891 J. K. Bangs Tiddledywink Tales iv. 44 There's too much ‘bovver’ about cumferble for us to get along well together if we keep on talking about it. 1902 J. Habberton Tiger & Insect ix. 97 Oh, dat's too much bovver for you. Why don't you do like papa does? 1972 Times 4 Jan. 5/1 They cannot be bothered to put the client's own label in, which is essential in export... We are constantly getting replies of ‘it is too much bovver’. 1989 Guardian 2 Jan. 26/5 (caption) Arthur Daley (George Cole) in a spot of bovver. 2013 C. Buller Operation Dolby x. 164 Chris told me you was in bovver and you needed help. 2. Violent behaviour or fighting, esp. that associated with skinhead gangs. Also occasionally as a count noun: a fight. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > disorder or riot > [noun] > action or behaviour of gangs of hooligans sweating1785 mohawking1825 Mohockism1855 hoodlumism1872 hoodluming1892 hooliganism1898 Teddy-boyism1959 bovver1969 wilding1989 1969 New Society 13 Nov. 762/1 ‘We show 'em [sc. the boots] because they're useful if there's a bit of bovver.’ Bother is the crophead word for fight. 1970 Sunday Tel. 22 Mar. 18/3 A young chap opposite glares at them..trying to start a ‘bovver’ with this ‘Pakee’. 1980 Times 10 May 26/6 Police at Brighton took away the bootlaces from youths obviously looking for ‘bovver’. 1991 W. Holtzman Bovver Boys 31 A lass doesna just go. That's asking for trouble, especially when there's a bovver coming. 2003 J. Mullaney We'll be Back 314 We were losing 2–0 that day, so with about ten minutes to go, about five hundred of us left to try and find some bovver. Compounds bovver bird n. a young woman who takes part in violent criminal activities, esp. one associated with skinhead gangs; (later more generally) a woman perceived as tough or aggressive. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > disorder or riot > [noun] > action or behaviour of gangs of hooligans > member of gang of hooligans > female widgie1950 Teddy girl1955 bovver bird1970 1970 Pix (Austral.) 29 Aug. 7/1 In Britain,..skinheads and their ‘bovver birds’ came into fashion around last April. 1976 Amer. Bar Assoc. Jrnl. Aug. 968/3 ‘Granny-bashing’ carried out by the Bovver Birds in London. 1995 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 30 Aug. 12 Donna prefers to stay true to her calling as British stand-up's top bovver-bird and most dapper dyke. 2009 Spectator (Nexis) 14 Nov. 22 The ‘bovver birds’ are back...Female thugs, of the sort who ran riot in the 1970s, are roaming the streets again. bovver boot n. a heavy, sometimes steel-toed, laced boot extending to mid-calf, originally worn by skinheads. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > boot > [noun] > heavy or strong stogy1853 pac1875 pit boot1894 bovver boot1969 1969 Daily Mirror 26 May 11 It is easier to rock steady the night away in one's best bovver boots..than find a true underground scene. 1980 Daily Tel. 6 May 19 Yesterday at Brighton..police..confiscated hundreds of pairs of laces from ‘bovver boots’ so that the youngsters wearing them could not kick anyone. 2008 Independent 16 Jan. 14/2 She had a face like Alex Ferguson's and was dressed in a bin liner and her usual scuffed black bovver boots. bovver boy n. a young man, esp. a member of a skinhead gang, who takes part in violent criminal activities; a hooligan; (later more generally) a man perceived as tough or aggressive. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > disorder or riot > [noun] > action or behaviour of gangs of hooligans > member of gang of hooligans whitecap1607 shrove-prentice1638 Mohock?1711 sweater1712 highbinder1806 hoodlum1871 hooligan1898 hood1930 skolly1934 tear-away1938 gunsel1942 Teddy boy1954 hell's angel1956 angel1965 bikie1967 skinhead1969 bovver boy1970 boot-boy1977 casual1980 1970 Observer 11 Jan. 28/4 It was called The Aggro Boy and centred around a football match in general and two bovva boys in particular. 1977 Daily Express 29 Jan. 7/4 Tybalt... This most menacing of Verona's bovver-boys. 2000 Evening Standard (Nexis) 1 Feb. 28 The skinheads and bovver boys adopted the original oxblood boot with yellow laces. 2004 Daily Tel. 9 Aug. 18/3 The political bovver boys who believe that protecting the public is..more important than preserving freedoms. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). bovverv.int. Brit. /ˈbɒvə/, U.S. /ˈbɑvər/ Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: bother v. Etymology: Partly representing a child’s pronunciation of bother v., and partly representing a regional or nonstandard pronunciation of bother v. Compare bovver n. Now chiefly British colloquial. A. v. transitive. To concern, worry, or interest (someone); to bother (in various senses). Often in negative constructions. Usually in passive. am I bovvered?: used rhetorically to express indifference to or a lack of concern about something (with allusion to the catchphrase of a character played by British comedian Catherine Tate: see quot. 2004). ΚΠ 1871 ‘S. May’ Prudy keeping House 151 ‘She won't let you wake her?’ ‘No'm, she won't,’ replied artless Fly; ‘she said she wouldn't be bovvered.’ 1888 Lippincott's Monthly Mag. Nov. 693 Sometimes..I plays stars... I's got lots of little white stones for stars, but de Milky Way bovvered me awful, 'cause its stars are so little. 1910 M. G. Bruce Little Bush Maid 33 He [sc. a child] didn't seem to care..when we showed him the snake... ‘Can't be bovvered wiv snakes.’ 1924 Financial Times 22 Jan. 4/7 ‘Answer me that!’ ‘I simply can't be bovvered to.’ 1980 B. Friel Faith Healer i. 12 When Mr. 'Ardy gets to you, no need to tell 'im wots bovvering you—Mr. 'Ardy knows. 1993 Guardian (Nexis) 8 Dec. (Features section) 5 The young woman who slashed her arms and legs said... ‘I've done it lots of times... I'm not bovvered.’ 2004 C. Tate et al. Catherine Tate Show 1st Ser. Episode 1 in Am I Bovvered? (2006) 15 Ryan: Bing bing! That is bad. Lauren: Am I bovvered? 2006 Cosmo Girl (U.K. ed.) July 36 Nearly a third of 15-year-old girls binge drink... Bovvered? You should be. 2014 Northern Echo 10 Apr. 15 You no doubt caught her ‘apology’, all 31 seconds of it, the ‘am I bovvered’ one. B. int. Used as a mild expletive expressing annoyance or exasperation; = bother int. Now rare. ΚΠ 1890 J. Fothergill March in Ranks II. i. 11 Muvver let the comb tumble down, and said, ‘What! Auntie Alizon ! Oh, bovver!’ 1901 Werner's Mag. Jan. 402/1 ‘Bovver!’ said Mac, feeling in his pocket. ‘I declare my matches has got wet.’ 1989 L. Kennedy Eve's Apples i. 3 ‘Oh bovver!’ she cried as the [skipping] rope twisted about her ankles. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1883v.int.1871
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