bastarding
English
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[edit]bastarding (not comparable)
- (UK, informal) damned, bloody; hateful
- 1983, Richard Jenkins, Lads, citizens, and ordinary kids: working-class youth life-styles in Belfast:
- I had to clean all the bastarding bricks. I had to sit down and scrape all the mortar off them, for fuck's sake...
- 1989, Leslie Thomas, The adventures of Goodnight and Loving:
- 'No, I fucking well haven't,' confirmed George, regarding him bitterly. 'I will call the police.' 'Call the bastarding police,' challenged the angry George.