Pygmalion word

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The word bloody. UK,euphemistic,obsolete
    — As soon as men re-entered the company of women adjustments were made; Emma Duffin reported that one of her charges 'used the 'Pygmalion' word to me' (bloody), but she made him apologise.

词形变化

Pygmalion words plural

词源

From the 1913 George Bernard Shaw play Pygmalion, which included the line "not bloody likely" – at that point, the word "bloody" was considered scandalous. See also not Pygmalion likely.
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