English Explanatory Dictionary

Pygmalion word

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The word bloody.

Word forms

Pygmalion word Pygmalion words

Etymology

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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