10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GOD-BOTHERER»
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God-botherer in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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(GOD-BOTHERER BOTHERERS IN THE AUDIENCE GO WILD) GP: The baby
would be in heaven, of course. The church believes in forgiveness and we
understand mistakes. CD: But I am not asking for forgiveness and it wasn't a
mistake.
Jackspeak reverently calls a Navy chaplain, depending on the occasion, as an
amen wallah, padre, bible basher, bible puncher, bish, devil dodger, God
botherer, God walloper, Holy Joe, sin bosun or sky pilot. Chaplains in Britain's
Royal ...
Charles J. Gibowicz, 2007
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My Brother's Eyes: The True Story of Surviving 16 Years in a ...
My, you have changed, brother. I don't know what they put in the water up north,
David, but the kid who used to chew the cud with his journo mates in our front
room around a bottle of port wasn't any God- botherer. Now you're getting stuck
into ...
David Stephen Ayliffe, John Stephen Ayliffe, 2009
4
The Code: It's Time for a New Kind of Man
want to be a God follower A God botherer A Jesus freak / want to be a truth finder
Not a blinded lie receiver / want to be a truth declarer Not a silent, weakened,
pushover / want to be a trailblazer Notjust mediocre A man who stands Against
the ...
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Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang
1878–. P. MCCUTCHAN I heard the most God-awful racket above my head (
1959). God-botherer noun orig services' A parson, chaplain; more generally, any
religiousminded person, esp. one who vigorously promotes Christian ideals.
Hence ...
John Ayto, John Simpson, 2010
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God-Botherers and Other True-Believers: Gandhi, Hitler, and ...
At that time and in that place (England), the derisory term in use among those
who did not subscribe to revealed Truth was “God-botherer.” I was at a loss,
taken aback; I had, naïvely, supposed that anyone with a trained intellect could
only be ...
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Mill on
God: The Pervasiveness and Elusiveness of Mill's ...
As for the second part: certainly nobody was less of a 'God-botherer' than John
Stuart Mill. The question remains, how far did God bother him? Spencer and Mill
himself. 2. It is part of my. Notes 1 For James Mill (1773—1836) see DNCBP, MR,
...
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Chambers concise dictionary
2 unpleasant, distasteful. god-botherer > n, derog colloq a person who practises
an ostentatiously pious form of religion, godchild > n a person to whom one is a
godparent, goddam /'godam/ or god-damned /'godamd/ >adj (usu used as an ...
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
Cf. God-botherer. God rep, the. The college chaplain: orig. New College, Oxford,
19505 and 19605; later in other universities. Ex rep, a commercial traveller or
representative. God-rest-ye. A frock coat: Glasgowz—1934; 'l'. Ex the exclam.
"I didn't know you'd joined in and become a God-botherer." "Does God bother you
, Professor?" Dinah asked smirking. "If I believed in one, I suppose he might,"
replied Sharp. "What really bothers me are the backward Christians who insist
that ...
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GOD-BOTHERER»
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God-botherer is used in the context of the following news items.
Opinion: Union thugs should grab a guide for insulting their enemies
Mander's opponents, meanwhile, deride him as a God-botherer, a derogatory reference to his Christian leanings. In any future leadership ... «Courier Mail, Jul 15»
From Reggie to Dessie: “Lynton had a seizure on hearing the news …
who is something of a God-botherer and has launched this movement called “The Good Right”. That assumes there must have been a “Bad ... «Conservative Home, Mar 15»
