Blore vs Bloke - What's the difference?
blore | bloke |
(archaic, dialectal) To cry; cry out; weep.
(archaic, dialectal) To bray; bleat like an animal; bellow.
(obsolete) The act of blowing; a roaring wind; a blast.
* Chapman
(informal) A man, a fellow; an ordinary man, a man on the street.
* 1930 , , 2006, Overlook Press,
* 1931 , ,
* 1958 , ,
* 2000 , Elizabeth Young, Asking for Trouble ,
(UK) a man who behaves in a particularly laddish or overtly heterosexual manner.
An anglophone man.
(Australia) An exemplar of a certain masculine, independent male archetype.
* 2000 May 5, Belinda Luscombe, “
Australian slang
As a noun blore
is sling, slingshot.As a verb bloke is
.blore
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) bloren, variation of bleren, blaren, from (etyl) .Verb
(blor)Etymology 2
Perhaps from (blore) above, a variant of (blare), affected by (blow). Compare also Gaelic and Irish .Noun
(en noun)- A most tempestuous blore .
bloke
English
Noun
(en noun)page 235,
- The door flew open, and there was a bloke' with spectacles on his face and all round the spectacles an expression of strained anguish. A ' bloke with a secret sorrow.
lyrics of 1930, 31 and 33 versions,
- She messed around with a bloke named Smoky.
page 281,
- It was a Cockney bloke' who had never seen a cow till he came inside. Cragg said it took some ' blokes like that, and city fellows are the worse.
page 19,
- As her current bloke was turning out better than expected, I didn't see much of her lately.
Cinema: Of Mad Max and Madder Maximus”, Time :
- ‘The Bloke'’ is a certain kind of Australian or New Zealand male. ¶ Most of all, the ' Bloke does not whinge.