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blighty::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | britain, great britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland |
Examples of blighty
blighty
I don't think you realize what a mess dear old blighty is in due to the looney left.
From the latimes.com
But others seem to have enjoyed it so much they didn't want to come back to blighty.
From the guardian.co.uk
Blighty, that graphic seems to indicate a double dip rather than a sustained increase.
From the economist.com
It's what we do over here in blighty mr moral values.
From the independent.co.uk
Blighty launched as UKTV People on 8 March 2004, replacing UK Horizons, which closed the day before.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Blighty is a television channel broadcasting in the United Kingdom as part of the UKTV network of channels.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Blighty had never looked so appealing.
From the telegraph.co.uk
I'd have to disagree with you there blighty.
From the guardian.co.uk
Personally regardless of what the English did to anyone it can not possibly justify having her in old blighty.
From the guardian.co.uk
- A slang term for Great Britain used by British troops serving abroad
- "Blighty" is a British English slang term for Britain or often specifically England. Though it was used throughout the 1800s in India to mean an English, British or European visitor, it was first used during the Boer War in the specific meaning of homeland for the English or British, and it was not until World War I that the word spread widely.
- Blighty is a 1927 British World War I silent film melodrama, directed by Adrian Brunel and starring Ellaline Terriss, Lillian Hall-Davis and Jameson Thomas. The film was a Gainsborough Pictures production with screenplay by Eliot Stannard from a story by Ivor Montagu.
- Blighty is a television channel broadcasting in the United Kingdom as part of the UKTV network of channels. The channel was launched on 8 March 2004 as UKTV People. Along with UKTV Documentary (now known as Eden), it was a replacement for the channel UK Horizons, which closed the day before.
- A minor wound, but serious enough to take a soldier out of combat; Great Britain, Britain, or England, especially as viewed from abroad
- Britain; " 'Bean' is one of the biggest hits to come out of Blighty."
- Arabia/India Lit. Kingdom, but used by British soldiers to describe Britain.
- Military leave; also, England or Great Britain as one's homeland, as derived from country or province removed at some distance (Urdu bilati or Hindi bilayati)
- A wound that assures a victim a permanent departure from action
