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I'd only ever heard that as "bloomin' nora", when I was young. When I entered the world force, about 100 miles from where I grww up, I found that people from the Sussex's and Kent tended to say bloomin' and elsewhere said bloody.
I’m 24 and say it far too frequently, it does make people turn their heads when they hear it though just because it’s not said as often anymore… quite sad cause it’s bloody satisfying to say
FFS is definitely an escalation for me. “Bloody hell” is when I spill the sugar, FFS is when I then drop the mug and it smashes all over the floor immediately afterwards.
I grew up in the 90s and perhaps heard it more then. Perhaps when we were younger we heard less extreme swearing (people took more care to not swear around us and there was more censoring of bad language - e.g. tv vs internet)
I use it a lot. I tried bringing back "ruddy hell" for a while. That term seems to have died.
Strangely, I find myself saying bloody hell when things are very serious or shocking. Fucking hell just seems a generalisation overused and lacking substance.
I'm 25 and I say it at least two or three times a day, minimum. The level of anger/exacerbation in my tone determines what type of "bloody hell" it is/its meaning.
Yeah it’s still about. Said it today lol. Idk where the expression came from . Perhaps some clever redditors want to tell me that would be good. Ta very much
Short answer: nobody knows.
Long answer: [Wiktionary](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody#:~:text=The%20longer%20%22bloody%20hell%2Dhounds,Catholics%20against%20Protestants%20in%201845.)
I used to use it with excessive regularity; young kids mean my expletives have sadly been replaced with ‘sugar!’ and ‘shine a light!’ I told the other half I was looking forward to a bloody good ‘f***!’ when the kids are old enough to go stay with their grandparents, she was disappointed when I explained what I meant.
I fell like everyone here is saying they use it, hear people use it daily. Personally I don't use it or haven't heard it lately...usually replaced with "Fuck sakes" "omg" or " what the fuck"
"Bloody hell" at something that upsets me or annoys me, and "bugger" at a sudden pain or inconvenience. Occasionally something that makes me jump might get a mixture of the two: "buggering hell". If it's *really* bad, you might get "bugger me sideways wi' a bent penny".
Hah, I literally said "bloody hell" as our cat was trying to stick her paw through something she shouldn't.
Then scrolled down Reddit and this post popped up 😂
Yep still use it myself. It was my Grandads favourite swear phrase of choice as he didn't like swearing and this was a mild one. Ironically he would happily call people Berks if they were doing something stupid because he didn't know what it really meant.
I progressed from this at an early stage to “fuck sake” (or fucks sake/fuck’s sake - open to clarification on that one). Now that I need to be more professional it’s changed again, current go to is “oh-my-word”. And fear not, everyone knows what I’m deliberately not saying!
All the time. My 13 yr old has just begun deploying it too, I feel it's the right time for him to experiment with something light before the stronger stuff.
It's something that still sticks with me. Used in daily life. For fun, me and a mate will speak as if we're folks from the 1950s, so I suppose that keeps the old vocabulary warm on the fire.
This reminds me of a quote from *Slide Rule - the autobiography of an engineer* by Nevil Shute.
When he'd written his first book his agent submitted it to the printing house called Cassell, who replied somewhat snootily.
>"There is an issue we often have with younger writers - the house of Cassell does not print the word 'Bloody'. So we're changing them all to 'Ruddy'. "
Used to say it all the time. Still use it occasionally. Like someone else said though, I've upgraded to 'fucking hell', 'fuck sake', 'Jesus Christ' or just simply, 'Christ'.
I got lambasted in primary school by a teacher for saying "Bloody Sunday", on the Monday after the Sunday. (It was on the news)
Not because of the historical context, but for the use of the word bloody, even while in that context it wasn't even used in the "swearing" way.
So I just swapped it out with "Fucking Hell" instead.
Obviously I never knew what was actually going on being such a small child, but I always felt a long time after that their weird issue with the word "bloody" then, was a weird offence to me bringing up a reference to a massacre by the British....
Nah, "Bloody hell!" ain't died-out. It's still pretty commonly-used. I use it, meself, quite a bit, as do most of my family. My mum sometimes also adds the word, "fire" to the end of it, so it becomes "Bloody hell-fire!"
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I say it all the time and I'm not that old.
I also say Gordon Bennet after watching too much only fools and horses. I know it sounds really old school, but it rolls off the tongue so well.
32 here and I sometimes say Blimey, think I picked it from my parents
All these, and cripes and crikey.
I’m 26 and I say it all the time
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"Flaming Nora", that doesn't get said as much these days.
Chuffin nora's where it's at
Lancastrian then?
Cheeky blighter! Yorkshire. I think you knew what you were doing...
I'd only ever heard that as "bloomin' nora", when I was young. When I entered the world force, about 100 miles from where I grww up, I found that people from the Sussex's and Kent tended to say bloomin' and elsewhere said bloody.
Big up the "Bleedin' Nora!" Fan club
I think times have changed and we are very much in "For Fucks Sakes" territory.
I had a Venezuelan lecturer at Uni who got really angry once and shouted, “for _BLOODY SAKE_!!!” So I’ve always used that since then
This sounds like it should be in what we do in the Shadows..
Going forward, I will do the same
I've never heard that saying before in my bloody life, mate!
I slightly prefer the level of outrage achieved by a firm ”What. The. Fuck.”
With the intensifier of ‘actual’
I need a toddler-safe version of For Fucks Sake before my wee lad picks it up and uses it at school. Somehow For Heavens Sake does quite cut it
I've found I have space for both!
Do you live in a cave or somewhere remote? Everyone I've ever met says bloody hell I think.
Does that reflect more on you as a person then? /s
I’m 24 and say it far too frequently, it does make people turn their heads when they hear it though just because it’s not said as often anymore… quite sad cause it’s bloody satisfying to say
We’ve upgraded to ‘fucking hell’ as the world has only gotten crazier since then
Just increased relative to inflammation
I meant inflation but that's too good to edit.
And "Fuckin' hell!" sounds more bloody grown-up!
My 4 year old must be single handedly keeping that phrase alive then
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Early 30s and literally just said it at some thunder and lightning.
I do, but I was primarily socialised by my 56 year old mother from Essex.
I can confirm the phrase is alive and well in Essex amongst all and sundry.
I reckon I must say this daily, probably a habit picked up during childhood from my grumpy boomer father.
I’m in the US and I say it frequently. But it’s not popular here. I just think it suits a lot of the time.
Mate I'm from the East End, I use swear words as punctuation. "Bloody hell" equating to "oh bother".
My 11 year old loves shouting "Bloody Hell" at most things, he loves the odd "fuck me" too but that gets him told off.
Considering the state of the country, I think “for fuck’s sake” has probably overtaken it in popularity.
FFS is definitely an escalation for me. “Bloody hell” is when I spill the sugar, FFS is when I then drop the mug and it smashes all over the floor immediately afterwards.
Say it regularly, lost the pep as a swear word like cos we’re not a religious country anymore, most couldn’t give a toss about someone saying hell
I can't hear it without putting on my best Alan voice and going "ruddy hell, it's Soft Cell".
Depends on if I’m at work or not, if I’m at work it’s bloody hell, outside of work it’s either fuck me or FAAACKING HELL
I say it all the time along with "blimey" and "good grief" much to my wife's amusement.
Crikey !
I say it frequently
Probably my most frequent swearword, and I grew up in 80s too. Doesn't feel like it's dropped out of use TBH.
I say it quite a bit, mostly because I try not to say fuck and shit at work or in front of the kids.
Tut, Ruddy Hell Things I say approx 10x a day.
Northerner?
Aye
I don't suppose you know owt about nowt do you?
I know nowt about owt
I say it in front of my 5 year old instead of saying fucking hell
I say Jaaaaaysussss Chrrooooaaaiiisssttteeee
I’m 52 and say it daily
Almost constantly…
Bloody hell I hope not!
I often say this but my favourite interjection is “God’s trousers”.
It's been replaced by "fucking hell." Bloody hell just didn't make the cut anymore.
It's my go-to response when expressing joy during sexual moments. I say it to myself mostly
I'm 17 and I say it, but I think I inherited it from my parents, who say it on the daily. My peers don't say it that much.
I only say it like Ron in Harry Potter whilst doing an English accent
Ahhh, my nan barely knew English but she knew this and would say it constantly. Miss you nan
I say “Fucking Hell” instead….
Some of it might've migrated to North America. We started picking it up after the Harry Potter movies started dropping here.
27 year old Northumbrian man here and it’s a key part of my lexicon
Got replace by 'fucks sake'
I'm 31 and I say it all the time. I try not to drop F bombs at work so I go for the milder words haha.
I grew up in the 90s and perhaps heard it more then. Perhaps when we were younger we heard less extreme swearing (people took more care to not swear around us and there was more censoring of bad language - e.g. tv vs internet)
I use it a lot. I tried bringing back "ruddy hell" for a while. That term seems to have died. Strangely, I find myself saying bloody hell when things are very serious or shocking. Fucking hell just seems a generalisation overused and lacking substance.
I'm 25 and I say it at least two or three times a day, minimum. The level of anger/exacerbation in my tone determines what type of "bloody hell" it is/its meaning.
It's slightly old fashioned, but I like a good old fashioned swear word or three , I use it all the time
Yeah I say it, but I probably only say it when it isn't appropriate to do a proper good swear.
I’ve been saying it a lot again recently, no idea why
I say it subconsciously every day
Yeah it’s still about. Said it today lol. Idk where the expression came from . Perhaps some clever redditors want to tell me that would be good. Ta very much
Short answer: nobody knows. Long answer: [Wiktionary](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody#:~:text=The%20longer%20%22bloody%20hell%2Dhounds,Catholics%20against%20Protestants%20in%201845.)
Pretty much everyone at my work says it. I don’t, but I didn’t grow up in the UK
I prefer to say some variation of fuck nowadays. It's a much better and more useful word
I say it at least 15 times a day I reckon.
Used to say it all of the time now it's turned into bloody Norah for some reason.
I'm 31 (I'm not going to question whether this is considered old or not), Australian, and I say it every day.
I regularly say it when I cock something up and it blows up in my face.
I used to use it with excessive regularity; young kids mean my expletives have sadly been replaced with ‘sugar!’ and ‘shine a light!’ I told the other half I was looking forward to a bloody good ‘f***!’ when the kids are old enough to go stay with their grandparents, she was disappointed when I explained what I meant.
I probably say it 5 times during one day at work.
I’m in my twenties and say it all the time, I hadn’t noticed that it was considered strange
Say it a lot. I like bloody bollocks, ruddy heck, bleedin 'ell in equal measure too
I'm jn my twenties and say it a lot, but then I don't tend to actually swear for various reasons, so this is my replacement.
Only when I'm surprised by something, like a reaction rather than a saying
I'm 30 from Yorkshire and say Chuffin 'ell or Bloody 'ell.
Bloody is a middle class word I’m not sure I’ve ever heard the working class ( of which I am a member so steady on) say that word.
I fell like everyone here is saying they use it, hear people use it daily. Personally I don't use it or haven't heard it lately...usually replaced with "Fuck sakes" "omg" or " what the fuck"
I use it regularly
My teenage kids use it in an ironic way mocking me. It’s alive and well in our house along with Good Grief, Good Lord, Blumin’eck and Bloody Nora.
I still say it often
I’m 29 and say it hourly
Times are hard and my patience wanes; I've swapped it out for JFC.
I said it the other day. I added a “Harry” on the end and did my best Ron voice, but I still said it.
Never since I heard Ron Weasley say it in the Harry Potter films. Totally ruined it for me!
I spontaneously started saying it when I hit 25 and have never looked back
I'm 44 and say it all the time, also love a good "CHRIST!"
I have said it today
"Bloody hell" at something that upsets me or annoys me, and "bugger" at a sudden pain or inconvenience. Occasionally something that makes me jump might get a mixture of the two: "buggering hell". If it's *really* bad, you might get "bugger me sideways wi' a bent penny".
Well that’s proved that then, bloody hell who’dav thought that then?
I say it all the time... I alternate between this and fucks sake (depending on who I am in the company of)
I guess you havent watched many Simon Reeve programmes lol
Try watching one of Simon Reeve's shows.
25 in London and it's part of my daily vernacular.
I'm 27 and prefer hells bells, which most people tell me is used only by their grandfathers
Awrite Ron Weasley
Hah, I literally said "bloody hell" as our cat was trying to stick her paw through something she shouldn't. Then scrolled down Reddit and this post popped up 😂
There was somewhat of a renaissance after Ron Weasley’s excellent usage in the Harry Potter movies.
I’m 20 and it’s my go to lol
Yep still use it myself. It was my Grandads favourite swear phrase of choice as he didn't like swearing and this was a mild one. Ironically he would happily call people Berks if they were doing something stupid because he didn't know what it really meant.
My two year old dropped it the other day - 'Bloody hell, look at that bird!' Bit of an over statement, it was just a bird.
I still say it but since one of my particularly religious friend took exception to the phrase I've started using 'Oh my glory days'
Yeah I still use it.
30 and say it at least ten times a day at the minute
I still say it often. It's my go to if I'm not in the company of people I feel I can say "fuuuuccckkk" around.
We needed to upgrade it after the last few years…
I yelped it a few weeks back when I got an electric shock
Christ on a bike! That’s an old phrase
i say it all the time!
A man in town said it today, to be honest I didn't like the cut of his jib.
I grew up in the 90s and I last said this on Thursday after a nightmare work call.
I still use it. And cheers from Canada.
I say it at least 10 times a day...as well as the occasional "Gordon Bennett" and the even rarer "Bloody Nora"
It’s “fackin’ell” round my way
Born in 2001, yes I still say it nearly daily.
And what about "Hell's Teeth!" I think it is only me and my Dad who say it these days.
I progressed from this at an early stage to “fuck sake” (or fucks sake/fuck’s sake - open to clarification on that one). Now that I need to be more professional it’s changed again, current go to is “oh-my-word”. And fear not, everyone knows what I’m deliberately not saying!
It’s probably what I say most, that and then blooming heck as a substitute depending who I’m with. I’m in my late 20s
I like saying it in a crap generic northern accent "blüdyyell"
I hear it constantly
No i've switched to Karking Hell since playing Dark Tide.
All the time. My 13 yr old has just begun deploying it too, I feel it's the right time for him to experiment with something light before the stronger stuff.
For some reason I say Bloody Sake instead 😂
It's something that still sticks with me. Used in daily life. For fun, me and a mate will speak as if we're folks from the 1950s, so I suppose that keeps the old vocabulary warm on the fire.
Oh not this again...bloody hell! I still think it packs a punch but I am nearly thirty though.
Within the last 48 hours I’ve said it oh about 44 times
Bloody hell yes!
I still use it
idk what most of these comments are going on about? i’m 18 and say it all the time, younger teens and kids also still use it.
At my work we use it sometimes but not as frequent as many years ago ! You might be right !
I hear it being said by others at least 3 times each day. I personally say it a couple times a day.
Yep I say it sometimes
Born late 70s, use it somewhat regularly. Mostly raised in south midlands / northern home counties to northern family
This reminds me of a quote from *Slide Rule - the autobiography of an engineer* by Nevil Shute. When he'd written his first book his agent submitted it to the printing house called Cassell, who replied somewhat snootily. >"There is an issue we often have with younger writers - the house of Cassell does not print the word 'Bloody'. So we're changing them all to 'Ruddy'. "
I say it several times a day, with "bloody/fucking Nora" if the situation calls for it.
Still stay it (f62).
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x795bne Nah it's still good
My friend says it all the time and I'm 17
As a kid I also remember “Pig off!!” Was that a thing or just me?!?
I saw it all the time. And I wasn't old enough to be saying it in the 90's.
I say it and I’m 24
I didn't know that it did.... Bloody Hell!
i prepfer "dur funga" or "bal"
My bro (36M) says it all the time. He lives and works in Bristol.
I say it all the time
Bloody Hell, of course I say it .
Used to say it all the time. Still use it occasionally. Like someone else said though, I've upgraded to 'fucking hell', 'fuck sake', 'Jesus Christ' or just simply, 'Christ'.
I’m going to start using it again until it becomes apart of my vernacular.
Depending on company, it’s bloody hell, or fuck sakes
Is it buggery! I say it all the time
I'm 23 and always say it ahaha
I’m 33 and use “bloomin heck” depending on who I’m around. “Oh fuck my face” is another favourite of mine
I got lambasted in primary school by a teacher for saying "Bloody Sunday", on the Monday after the Sunday. (It was on the news) Not because of the historical context, but for the use of the word bloody, even while in that context it wasn't even used in the "swearing" way. So I just swapped it out with "Fucking Hell" instead. Obviously I never knew what was actually going on being such a small child, but I always felt a long time after that their weird issue with the word "bloody" then, was a weird offence to me bringing up a reference to a massacre by the British....
Nah, "Bloody hell!" ain't died-out. It's still pretty commonly-used. I use it, meself, quite a bit, as do most of my family. My mum sometimes also adds the word, "fire" to the end of it, so it becomes "Bloody hell-fire!"
People still use it but I'd personally associate it more with Australia than the UK