Blates vs Blazes - What's the difference?
blates | blazes |
(UK, slang) blatantly; certainly; obviously
* 2006 , "daniel.g.read@googlemail.com", LOST IS 4 LOSERS!'' (on newsgroup ''alt.tv.lost )
* 2008 , "deKay", Tuesday Top 5: Movie Licences'' (on newsgroup ''uk.games.video.misc )
(pluralonly, euphemistic) hell
(blaze)
hellishly, extremely
As adverbs the difference between blates and blazes
is that blates is blatantly; certainly; obviously while blazes is hellishly, extremely.As a noun blazes is
plural of lang=en.As a verb blazes is
third-person singular of blaze.blates
English
Adverb
(-)- LOST IS WELL CRAP. GO WATCH RAVEN ON BBC1 FOR PROP ENTERTAINMENT.blates .xx.
- >There have been far more abominations than great games based on popular
>films, but what are your 5 favourites?
5) Er.
4) Um.
3) Erm.
2) Batman the Movie (Spectrum)
1) Goldeneye (N64). Blates , innit.
References
* The Guardian , 2007 [http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2007/mar/20/students.educationguardian2]blazes
English
Noun
(head)- Where the blazes were you?
Usage notes
* For the sense of hell, a very common intensifier is 'blue'. *: Where in blue blazes were you!?Derived terms
* go to blazesVerb
(head)Adverb
(-)- It gets blazes hot here in the summer.