Australia, UK, Often, Followed by well A euphemism for the intensifier bloody.
My train's late again. Blooming typical.
“Well, all I can say is that if yer don't take yer dial outer the road I'll bloomin' well take an' bounce a gibber off yer crust.”1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, page 90:
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It had been his intention to go to Wimbledon, but as he himself said: “Why be blooming well frizzled when you can hear all the results over the wireless. And results are all that concern me. […]”1935, George Goodchild, chapter 3, in Death on the Centre Court:
blooming
noun
Etymology By surface analysis, bloom + -ing.
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The act by which something blooms.
Such bloomings, Dr. McLaren continued, would require a critical audience, “so that they can be subject to scientific and ethical review, freely available for research and one day, perhaps, for treating diseases.”2007 July 23, Jeremy Pearce, “Anne McLaren, 80, Expert on the Embryo, Is Dead”, in New York Times:
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Engineering, Metallurgy, Natural sciences, Physical sciences The process of making blooms from the ore or from cast iron.
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Arts, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Photography A phenomenon where excessive light causes bright patches in a picture.