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who was "bloody Nora"?

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04/07/2009

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Wraith
Sat 21/08/04
19:27

I seem to recall this being an expression used by one of the characters in the 70's TV series 'Love Thy Neighbour'.

Quizmonster
Sun 22/08/04
09:26

The ‘Nora' is not a woman's name but a form of the word ‘horror'. The phrase started off as "flaming horror" (or "flipping/bloody etc horror") as a cry of dismay/disbelief. In the normal Cockney manner, the final ‘g' and the opening ‘h' were dropped to produce something that sounded like "flamin-orror" and that in turn over the years became "Flamin' Nora!"...or "Bloody Nora" as a stronger alternative.

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