History Main / DidNotDoTheBloodyResearch

*** Stands out even more when it's employed in the way 'mate', 'pal' or 'chum' would usually be used.
*** 'Bloke' ''is'' employed in the way 'mate' would usually be. These days, particularly in working-class Australia, they are interchangeable.

* There is a chain of themed pubs (traditional Irish apparently) in Australia called Pug Mahones. Wonder how many people know that 'pugmahones (póg mo tóin)' is Irish Gaelic for 'Kiss my arse'?

* British players of ''EscapeFromMonkeyIsland'' have been raher taken aback upon hearing the usually family-friendly Guybrush Threepwood describe a group of termites as "little buggers"

* From the mouth of James in Pokemon (a 4kids program) "that's why she doesn't know a bloody thing about us, there's no Sinnoh Team Rocket branch!". In a non-Anglophonic variant, the Japanese Lt. Surge (who is supposed to be American) exclaims in an early episode, "God damn!"

* In the Japanese version of [[Series/SonicTheHedgehog the Sonic OVA]], Sonic raises his middle finger to Eggman after defying one of his traps. This was changed to his index finger in the Western releases for obvious reasons.

Keep in mind, though, that colloquial use of the word "bloody" is not restricted to the United Kingdom, and it isn't nearly as serious a swear word elsewhere. In fact, it's not generally considered an offensive swear word in the UK, being roughly on the same level as "damn", except [[DisSimile a little bit worse]]. When police forces in Alberta released a series of public service announcements with the slogan, "If you drink and drive, you're a bloody idiot!", the word itself wasn't as shocking as it would have been in the UK because in Western Canada "bloody" is just not that obscene. Exactly the same advertisements were used in Australia, with exactly the same response. (In fact, when the phrase was protested in Canada, the sticking point was not the word "bloody" but the word "idiot".)

*** Strangely enough, "pike" is still in use in Australia (where it isn't offensive at all, and means "to cancel at the last minute on a social engagement"), along with "piker" (one who is notorious for doing so). "Pikey" is however completely unknown (or at least it was, until ''Snatch'').

** Non-offensive example - the band of carpenters are referred to as "blokes" by their boss. Obviously the translater has heard that "blokes" = "guys" - however, when an English-speaking player sees "Come on, you blokes!" it stands out like a sore thumb just if he had greeted a group of women with "Come on, you females!".
*** Perhaps they've just been hanging out in Australia, where that would be the primary usage of the word(along with "What are you blokes drinking?").

* Real life examples abound in Asia as a result of the practise of GratuitousEnglish. The sight of a demure girl in a T-shirt reading "A Fuck" (not just "fuck", not "the fuck" but "A fuck") is pretty jarring. It's rumoured that there are hospitals in China where the gynaecological ward is labeled (in huge letters) [[http://www.weirdasianews.com/2009/07/20/engrish-signs/cunt-examination/ "Cunt Examination"]].
** Also, the time when [[TheMelancholyOfHaruhiSuzumiya Aya Hirano]] wore a T-shirt reading "Did you cum twice too?" in a concert. Seriously, they should have people in charge of preventing this kind of things, it can be, erm, [[FetishFuel distracting]]

** It originally referred to 'Spastic', which means someone with a particular developmental disability. Much like the similar epithet "retard", it has become someone divorced from its origins; and the perceived offensiveness of the word depends greatly on crowd and context. Some will find it highly offensive, regardless of the use, and others hardly bat an eye.

* ''Brat Camp'', a documentary about British delinquents being sent to an American disciplinary camp, had one of theteenagers in question making use of this, explaining to the camera crew that they "Don't know what the word 'bollocks' means, so don't tell them".
* Often satirised on British magazine TV shows such as ''That's Life'', which sometimes featured foreign products which accidentally fell into this trope -- such as (Danish) Bollux washing powder. Such a pity that was never marketed in the UK, imagine the campaign; "To all your tough laundry stains, say Bollux".

** Alot? There is probably as much if not more Irish ancestry in Australia than English. Plus as shown above, kiss my arse is pretty mild for Australians.

Keep in mind, though, that colloquial use of the word "bloody" is not restricted to the United Kingdom, and it isn't nearly as serious a swear word elsewhere. In fact, it's not generally considered an offensive swear word in the UK, being roughly on the same level as "damn". When police forces in Alberta released a series of public service announcements with the slogan, "If you drink and drive, you're a bloody idiot!", the word itself wasn't as shocking as it would have been in the UK because in Western Canada "bloody" is just not that obscene. Exactly the same advertisements were used in Australia, with exactly the same response. (In fact, when the phrase was protested in Canada, the sticking point was not the word "bloody" but the word "idiot".)

* [[AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] ends one review by calling the writer a twat. This is especially funny, since he makes special efforts to avoid swearing most of the time.

** Um, except, considering the films were ''made'' by people fundamentally familiar with Britishisms, it's likely more a case of GettingCrapPastTheCensor.

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* In DominicDeegan, there's a species of animal called a [[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2010-07-08 tosser]].
** Not sure if that counts as an example. He's not trying to use foreign slang, that's just a description of what the animal does: Toss things.

When words like "bloody" and "wanker" are used in a work that features swearing anyway, there's no problem and no trope. However, when these words are in a piece where the language is otherwise G-rated, it creates a fair amount of dissonance for those who are familiar with the word. (Though it varies according to region, age and situation, "bloody" is about as strong a curse as "damn", and "bloody hell" is about the same as "goddamn". It refers to "God's blood" as an oath.) In the worst cases, it's as if Sergeant O'Hara on the 1960s ''{{Batman}}'' TV show talked like a QuentinTarantino character for one line before reverting to "...as I live and breathe..".

** Giles also repeatedly calls people "pillock", which despite being a mild swear word in the UK, stands out compared to the American characters' cleaner language. Especially given Giles' clipped and somewhat posh phrasing most of the time.