“Bloody” is not a terrible swear word in the UK. It is an old fashioned (1950s*) accentuator of other swear words. Typically bloody hell. It has lost its potency, which is why ron weasely can use it, or so Urban dictionary claims (I forget what happens in HP).
Edit: * 1950s was my guess at the last time it was considered bad, although there appears to have been controversy in the 60′s and 70′s
Maybe it sounds aesthetically more like a slur in its native land, where reportedly “bloody” is a terrible swear word.
“Bloody” is not a terrible swear word in the UK. It is an old fashioned (1950s*) accentuator of other swear words. Typically bloody hell. It has lost its potency, which is why ron weasely can use it, or so Urban dictionary claims (I forget what happens in HP).
Edit: * 1950s was my guess at the last time it was considered bad, although there appears to have been controversy in the 60′s and 70′s
Bit older than that.
I meant more when it was last considered (very) bad, rather than when it was created.