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Translated from the old Spanish phrase "sangre azul", blue blood derives from the Medieval belief in Europe (among other places) that the blood of the royalty and nobility was blue; since the royal family and aristocrats were wealthy and powerful enough to pay commoners to labor in the fields for them, their skin was translucent and pale enough for their blue veins to stand out.
It also refers to old money families: families that have been aristocrats for many generations.
It also refers to old money families: families that have been aristocrats for many generations.
The blue blood disdainfully looked upon the unrefined manners of the nouveau riche (aka "new money").
The blue blood of the elite could not be tainted by the blood of commoners, lest the whole line be polluted (disregarding the risks of inbreeding).
The blue blood of the elite could not be tainted by the blood of commoners, lest the whole line be polluted (disregarding the risks of inbreeding).
by Lorelili March 1, 2011
Get the blue blood mug.Promoting health or well-being of body, mind, and/or soul.
Sound in body, mind, or morals.
Somebody who is pure of heart, devoid of corruption or malice, modest, stable, virtuous, and all-around sweet and compassionate.
Sound in body, mind, or morals.
Somebody who is pure of heart, devoid of corruption or malice, modest, stable, virtuous, and all-around sweet and compassionate.
The actor playing the boy next door endeared himself with his wholesome, naive aura and his cherubic good looks. The equally wholesome girl next door held her own with her eager puppy charm and wide-eyed cuteness.
Katie and Laurel were the best of friends that anyone could have. Raised in small towns, their sweetness and wholesome nature stood out in the jaded streets of Santa Monica.
Katie and Laurel were the best of friends that anyone could have. Raised in small towns, their sweetness and wholesome nature stood out in the jaded streets of Santa Monica.
by Lorelili July 11, 2011
Get the wholesome mug.Most of the definitions here are embarrassingly incorrect; hostile means "antagonistic", "contentious", "combative", "unfriendly", "antisocial", "belligerent", "unsympathetic", "scrappy", "quarrelsome," "disagreeable".
Hostile basically means "of or relating to an enemy"; unfriendly or inhospitable.
Hostile basically means "of or relating to an enemy"; unfriendly or inhospitable.
The homeless man gave me a hostile look as I passed him, but who could blame him? Life on the streets was pretty hostile for anybody.
by Lorelili November 21, 2011
Get the hostile mug."She was 5'7'' and of a rather stout build, with blue eyes and a fine head of hair that reached almost to her waist."
by Lorelili March 23, 2005
Get the stout mug.A woman with an unbearable, shrewish, pain in the ass nature. In other words, a bitch or a harridan, especially a somewhat unappealing one.
by Lorelili January 5, 2009
Get the harpy mug.1) A low-lying plant growth.
2) Slang for a female's pubic hair, but can refer to a male's pubic hair.
3) The 41st and 43rd "presidents". Both of them suck(ed).
4) One of the most hated, inept, uninclusive, idiotic "president"s. He wanted to be president merely for the glory of being the son of a previous president and won dur to a rigged election. He is not known for his leadership skills or for proficiency in his own language. He is known, however, for creating elaborate lies/misleading the American people; for contradicting himself; for failing to find Osama Bin Laden; for starting a war in Iraq when they had nothing to do with the September 11th attacks; for responding to the attacks by just reading to elementary-school children; for leading the U.S. to believe that there were weapons of mass distruction all over the Middle East when there was really nothing there; for mangling names/words; for stunting so much progress in women's rights, gay rights, and protecting the environment, thanks to his bigoted, short-sighted beliefs; and for disgracing the United States.
2) Slang for a female's pubic hair, but can refer to a male's pubic hair.
3) The 41st and 43rd "presidents". Both of them suck(ed).
4) One of the most hated, inept, uninclusive, idiotic "president"s. He wanted to be president merely for the glory of being the son of a previous president and won dur to a rigged election. He is not known for his leadership skills or for proficiency in his own language. He is known, however, for creating elaborate lies/misleading the American people; for contradicting himself; for failing to find Osama Bin Laden; for starting a war in Iraq when they had nothing to do with the September 11th attacks; for responding to the attacks by just reading to elementary-school children; for leading the U.S. to believe that there were weapons of mass distruction all over the Middle East when there was really nothing there; for mangling names/words; for stunting so much progress in women's rights, gay rights, and protecting the environment, thanks to his bigoted, short-sighted beliefs; and for disgracing the United States.
I was hoping that Gore (and later, Kerry) would lick Bush, but my hope was crushed and we have to deal with the stupid fuck for two terms, and be disgraced and sunken even further. While he and his goddamn W.A.S.P. conservative cronies celebrate extravagantly, there's animals and plants in danger of extinction, and there's people who have next to nothing.
by Lorelili December 28, 2005
Get the bush mug.Scottish Gaelic for bitch. "Galla" is used to describe somebody (male or female) who is a nasty or annoying peronality or as an explitive: "A ghalla!" ("Oh fuck!")
A ghalla! Thug thu chreach dhomh!": "Fuck! You screwed me over!" (lit. "Oh bitch! You gave ruin to me!")
Taigh na Galla ort!: "Fuck/damn you!" (lit. "House of the Bitch on you!")
Càr na Galla!: "Damned/fucking/bloody car!" (lit. "Car of the Bitch!")
Tha Ann Coulter 'na siùrsach na Galla: "Ann Coulter is a fucking bitch." (lit. "Ann Coulter is a whore of the Bitch.")
Taigh na Galla ort!: "Fuck/damn you!" (lit. "House of the Bitch on you!")
Càr na Galla!: "Damned/fucking/bloody car!" (lit. "Car of the Bitch!")
Tha Ann Coulter 'na siùrsach na Galla: "Ann Coulter is a fucking bitch." (lit. "Ann Coulter is a whore of the Bitch.")
by Lorelili February 14, 2006
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