10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BLOKEISH»
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blokeish in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
blokeish and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
He's a funny (sort of) bloke (= slightly strange). blokeish, blokish ... traditionally
think ordinary men behave when they are together: He's too blokeish for me -
always talking about football and cars. blonde /blQnd/ /blA;nd/ "adjective (also
blond) .
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Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang
Hence blokeish, adjective Also blokish, Brit Applied to positive behaviour
associated with men, esp. straightforwardness, bluffness, and lack of affectation.
1957–. SUNDAY TIMES The Mayles then popped up in a restaurant in Provence,
...
John Ayto, John Simpson, 2010
Blokeish is an Anglicism from the slangword'bloke', meaning laddish or 'one of
the boys', while personais an upperregister Latin word meaning 'public face' or '
mask'. The pointabout mixing up the register isthat itmakes your writing more ...
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Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
... strange). blokeish, blokish /'blau.kij/ ® /'bloo-/ adjective uk informal describes a
man who behaves in the way people traditionally think ordinary men behave
when they are together: He's too blokeish for me - always talking about football
and ...
Blokeish book GETTING HURT Andrew Davies Methuen£11.99 Carole Angier
This is a very blokeish book ("blokeish" is one of Andrew Davies's favourite words
). It is the story of a man's obsession with a woman, his loss of her, and his ...
... is pressing for next year. Both Telstra and the National Party are now claiming
credit for CDMA's introduction. Success, as thev say, has many parents. [3 A
dog's life: Retro gonzoid Tom Sear strikes a blokeish. THE BULLETIN, OCTOBER
5, ...
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Coaching Skills: A Handbook: A Handbook
Alan was clear: it had to be something that involved other people, probably
something 'blokeish'. It probably had to be competitive, he had to be in charge of
it and, strange as it may seem for a self-labelled 'lazy' person, it had to involve the
...
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Developing Effective 16-19 Teaching Skills
One resultant danger can be an overly jokey, blokeish banter running as a
commentary during lessons, which can exclude female students and at the very
least make them feel uncomfortable. It can also cause subsequent problems for
other ...
There was very little clutter and a feeling of space and light. On otherwise bare
white walls hung beautiful photographs, many of indigenous people from Third
World countries. He led me into the kitchen. “It's a bit blokeish, I'm afraid,” he said.
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Post-Fandom and the Millennial Blues: The Transformation of ...
By the time of USA '94, Amis was quoted in newspapers claiming an undying
love of soccer. Interestingly, Buford himself labels Hornby et al.'s 'blokeish
narrative' genre as 'lad literature'. Hornby also contributed a piece to The Modern
Review ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BLOKEISH»
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blokeish is used in the context of the following news items.
Spinal column: in my cups
It was such an honest, blokeish response, and so different from the routine messages of hope and positivity I got from other people, which were ... «The Times, Jul 15»
The Trial, Young Vic, review: 'pedestrian'
Deserving a medal for his unflagging, treadmill dynamism, a perspiring Kinnear runs the gamut of blokeish bafflement – fast-shifting from comic ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
Julie Humphryes speaks out after her £400000 employment tribunal …
'John's attitude helped to foster a very blokeish and insensitive culture. In my view, he is a wannabe celebrity.' Flamboyant and influential, Mr ... «Daily Mail, Jun 15»
Media Monkey: Richard Desmond, Simon Heffer, Chris Evans
Hopes that Top Gear could become feminised, or at least less laddish or blokeish, with Chris Evans in the driving seat – raised by radio ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
Radio: The guilty pleasure of a put-on Seventies' throwback
For those with a blokeish streak, which is just about all Irish males if you scratch the skin, Yates' determined impersonation of a Seventies' ... «Irish Independent, Jun 15»
Why a job at the Beeb is a slow death by flipchart: Chris Moore …
The diaries cover the glory days of Greg Dyke, the most blokeish of all Directors-General. Moore worked as a senior journalist in the newsroom ... «Daily Mail, Jun 15»
If you're worried about Bilderberg, just take a look at the guest list...
Perhaps it was simple confusion of names, and they meant to ask Dermot O'Leary, the pleasantly blokeish TV presenter? But the moment the ... «The Independent, Jun 15»
Is Jamie xx the Sam Smith of dance music?
Either I have to accept that the boring, blokeish heads are right, and that dance music that is fun and feminine and indebted to underground ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
The Charles Kennedy Story
He knew he was a popular figure among ordinary party members - and his blokeish image won him votes from people normally turned off by ... «BBC News, Jun 15»
CRAIG BROWN: Boston bombers: What made two happy brothers …
Compared to the blokeish Tsarnaev brothers, Breivik was a biographer's dream, a loner whose life was brim-full with hatred and suspicion. «Daily Mail, May 15»
