"Well, fuck!" - this is always pronounced with feeling, juicy and from the heart, and the one to whom it is addressed is unlikely to be offended and rather proud, although he does not show it.
Let's find out whether a person was called a name or praised, calling a bully, what dictionaries write about this and whether the term understandable to everyone has other meanings.
Well, you and… sire
The word "bull" appeared in the Slavic languages thanks to the Turkic buka, meaning "bull" - a strong, courageous and stubborn animal. Initially, bulls were called tribal bulls, and since in Russia good fellows with a heroic strength were commonplace, this word was firmly entrenched in burly, large and he althy men.
So what happens: is bull an insult or praise? It is unlikely that anyone will be offended that he was compared with a bull - a symbol of the sun, powerful vitality, speed, fertility and the victory of man over the nature of the beast.
Therefore, it is not surprising that long before the appearance of surnames, people took a generic nickname for themselves. It was worn with dignity andprobably proudly handed down to posterity.
However, "bully" has other meanings, little known, but by no means offensive.
Musical instrument, tank top and more
In the countries that were part of Austria-Hungary, a bass musical instrument was called a boogeyman - a wooden cylinder covered with skin on top and with horse hair sticking out of the middle. To play, the musician dipped his fingers in kvass and pulled the bundle, and the instrument made sounds similar to the roar of a bull.
You will probably be curious to know other meanings of the word "bully" - ancient and modern, but equally interesting:
- Shugai outerwear was very popular in Russia - a short and warm fitted jacket, cut off to the hips. A bull is a sleeveless shugai.
- In Ukraine, the bittern is called a bull.
- Today there are many villages in Poland and Ukraine called Bugai.
- In the Orenburg region and in the Krasnodar Territory there are rivers called Bugai.
- In 2009, a cartoon of the same name was shot by the studios of Mexico and Argentina.
- Ukrainian football players, a Russian scientist, a Polish conductor and other famous people in their field are named Bugai.
This is such an ambiguous term that came from an ancient Turkic word, and note that only in one modern interpretation does it have a negative meaning - this is how a hefty gangster-looking kid can be called. It turns out that being a bull is in any case cool, honorable and not offensive at all.
