The all-purpose NZ intensifier. Bloody cold, bloody good, bloody oath. Barely counts as swearing here.
"It's bloody freezing out."
"That was a bloody good feed."
Amplifiers & Intensifiers · New Zealand slang
Bloody
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Commonwealth-wide, but essential NZ punctuation.
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