http://blog.oup.com/2012/11/bully-word-origin-etymology/ Academic insights for the thinking world. Sun, 19 May 2013 05:35:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blog.oup.com/2012/11/bully-word-origin-etymology/#comment-332472 Alice's top 10 OUPblog posts of 2012 | OUPblog Mon, 31 Dec 2012 15:40:57 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=31283#comment-332472 [...] Anatoly Liberman, but choosing a single piece from him is quite difficult. I’ve selected “A lovable bully” without which I’d never have learned of Shakespeare’s love of Dutch [...] [...] Anatoly Liberman, but choosing a single piece from him is quite difficult. I’ve selected “A lovable bully” without which I’d never have learned of Shakespeare’s love of Dutch [...]

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2012/11/bully-word-origin-etymology/#comment-315637 Terry Collmann Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:20:34 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=31283#comment-315637 Marc Leavitt: I thought it was Teddy Roosevelt who would exclaim "Bully, sir! Bully!" Don't believe that's a BrE expression, now or in the recent past. "Bully boys", however, still pops up across BrE, normally as a description of an alleged intimidating gang in, eg, politics or sport. Try a Google News search for the expression. Marc Leavitt: I thought it was Teddy Roosevelt who would exclaim “Bully, sir! Bully!” Don’t believe that’s a BrE expression, now or in the recent past. “Bully boys”, however, still pops up across BrE, normally as a description of an alleged intimidating gang in, eg, politics or sport. Try a Google News search for the expression.

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2012/11/bully-word-origin-etymology/#comment-313770 OUPblog » Blog Archive » Shakespearean passions around ‘bullyragging’ Wed, 21 Nov 2012 13:30:25 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=31283#comment-313770 [...] writing a post on bully, I decided to turn my attention to bullyrag, noun and verb, both branded as obscure. The verb has [...] [...] writing a post on bully, I decided to turn my attention to bullyrag, noun and verb, both branded as obscure. The verb has [...]

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2012/11/bully-word-origin-etymology/#comment-312592 Link love: language (48) « Sentence first Thu, 15 Nov 2012 14:10:37 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=31283#comment-312592 [...] The etymology of bully. [...] [...] The etymology of bully. [...]

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2012/11/bully-word-origin-etymology/#comment-312369 Marc Leavitt Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:35:00 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=31283#comment-312369 I'm only familiar with four uses of "bully" in relatively modern times: As a verb, "to bully," a noun, "a bully," an adjective, "a bully good job," an interjection, "That's bully!" and an adjective again,"bully boys" in the sense of "ruffians" (I've only seen the latter use in somewhat antique novels). None of them, except the noun and verb seem to be in common use in American English. My surmise is that British English still uses them in certain higher socio-economic strata, althougth I can't attest to the truth of my hunch. I’m only familiar with four uses of “bully” in relatively modern times: As a verb, “to bully,” a noun, “a bully,” an adjective, “a bully good job,” an interjection, “That’s bully!” and an adjective again,”bully boys” in the sense of “ruffians” (I’ve only seen the latter use in somewhat antique novels). None of them, except the noun and verb seem to be in common use in American English. My surmise is that British English still uses them in certain higher socio-economic strata, althougth I can’t attest to the truth of my hunch.

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