bolshie
rebellious and argumentative (person)
TRANSLATION
bolshie = aufmüpfig, rebellisch bolshie = der Rebell --- GOOGLE INDEX bolshie: approximately 6,000,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Are holiday hassles making Brits more BOLSHIE?
(BBC News)
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The Front de Gauche (Left Front) candidate's BOLSHIE blend of working class grit and literary refinement has seen him pull huge audiences at rallies – he claims 120,000 people turned out to his mega-meeting at Paris's revolutionary Place de la Bastille two weeks ago.
(The London Telegraph)
(BBC News)
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The Front de Gauche (Left Front) candidate's BOLSHIE blend of working class grit and literary refinement has seen him pull huge audiences at rallies – he claims 120,000 people turned out to his mega-meeting at Paris's revolutionary Place de la Bastille two weeks ago.
(The London Telegraph)
Did you
know?
bolshie (also bolshy)
noun & adjective
- describes someone who often argues and makes difficulties
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
- politically radical or left-wing
(Collins English Dictionary)
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The Bolshevik Revolution was part of the Russian Revolution of 1917. The Bolsheviks were a faction of the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party. The name derives from bol'shinstvo, meaning majority, and stems from the fact that they were the majority faction in a crucial vote. They ultimately became the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. As the revolution was marked by angry protests and violence, the term Bolshevik and the modern "bolshie" became synonymous with someone with an outwardly rebellious nature.
History has supplied us with other terms that derive from specific events or groups of people. Some of these include:
- luddite = a person who resists technological change. This expression stems from an early 19th century social movement that opposed the changes brought about by the industrial revolution. It allegedly derives from a Mr. Ned Ludd, who became famous for smashing weaving machines as a form of protest.
- puritan = one who regards pleasure or luxury as sinful. This word stems from the Puritans, a group of English Protestants who in the 16th and 17th centuries advocated strict religious discipline.
- tea partier = This a relatively new American phrase that refers to people who are part of a conservative movement to reduce government and taxes. It harks back to the Boston Tea Party, a protest initiated against the British government during the 18th century in which a group of protesters threw crates of tea into the Boston Harbor to protest a tax that was levied on tea imports.
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SYNONYMS
bellicose, difficult, dissident, incorrigible, obstinate, obstreperous, rebellious
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"He's a bit bolshie, but a very good engineer."
noun & adjective
- describes someone who often argues and makes difficulties
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
- politically radical or left-wing
(Collins English Dictionary)
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The Bolshevik Revolution was part of the Russian Revolution of 1917. The Bolsheviks were a faction of the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party. The name derives from bol'shinstvo, meaning majority, and stems from the fact that they were the majority faction in a crucial vote. They ultimately became the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. As the revolution was marked by angry protests and violence, the term Bolshevik and the modern "bolshie" became synonymous with someone with an outwardly rebellious nature.
History has supplied us with other terms that derive from specific events or groups of people. Some of these include:
- luddite = a person who resists technological change. This expression stems from an early 19th century social movement that opposed the changes brought about by the industrial revolution. It allegedly derives from a Mr. Ned Ludd, who became famous for smashing weaving machines as a form of protest.
- puritan = one who regards pleasure or luxury as sinful. This word stems from the Puritans, a group of English Protestants who in the 16th and 17th centuries advocated strict religious discipline.
- tea partier = This a relatively new American phrase that refers to people who are part of a conservative movement to reduce government and taxes. It harks back to the Boston Tea Party, a protest initiated against the British government during the 18th century in which a group of protesters threw crates of tea into the Boston Harbor to protest a tax that was levied on tea imports.
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SYNONYMS
bellicose, difficult, dissident, incorrigible, obstinate, obstreperous, rebellious
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"He's a bit bolshie, but a very good engineer."
