Dear Spiders,
Well now, I suppose that's plausible. As I understand it, "ruddy" is a
reworking of "bloody." For example, Gilbert & Sullivan's "Ruddigore"
was a play on "Bloody Gore." "Bloody" was considered to be (and I
believe still is) a rather rude adjectival epithet. "Ruddy" becomes a
somewhat more polite version. Of course, "ruddy" is "red-coloured,"
thus the association with blood.
Thurlow
Lancaster OH
where it is now snowing somewhat heavily on the blooming tulips,
jonquils, lilacs, dogwoods, and so forth, and we are looking at several
more nights well below freezing. We want Spring back!
H. Muth wrote:
Hello all,
I agree with Tamara about the first part of the saying and think that
the second must be "ruddy son of a bitch!" I've never known how
'ruddy' is an insult. I don't use any of these myself (in general,
don't swear at all) but have heard them all at one time or another.
Heather
Abbotsford, BC
A beautiful spring day.
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