As an intensifier, originally as a euphemism for bloody: damned, blasted.
| Example | Meaning |
Yes. Well, if you, if you wanted to buy a house and like us, your first house, young family, living on a pretty ruddy tight budget, you, you had to. You couldn 't afford anything else. |
Euphemism for 'bloody'. |
| Example | Meaning |
Interviewer: Yeah. Did you- did you play sports in high-school? Speaker: No, I didn't do a ruddy thing except um very rough sort-of ah basketball. |
Euphemism for 'bloody'. |
...you could've had a room in that beautiful hotel looking over Quebec-City and the Lake-Lawrence for what we were paying on this ruddy motel. |
Euphemism for 'bloody'. |
