VOOZH about

URL: https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/bod.1285923/

⇱ Bod | WordReference Forums

Menu
Install the app
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an alternative browser.

Bod

Hi.

In BE "bod" is a slang term to refer to a "person". A bit disrespectful.

M.
Hi.

In BE "bod" is a slang term to refer to a "person". A bit disrespectful.

M.
But in this case, get the bod out of bed, it's clearly a whajjacallit, an apócope (there must be a term in English), ie. "body".
Or as in "s/he's got a great bod".
According to the WR dictionary, I meant to say:
It's an apocopated form of 'body'.
Last edited:
But in this case, get the bod out of bed, it's clearly a whajjacallit, an apócope (there must be a term in English), ie. "body".
Or as in "s/he's got a great bod".
According to the WR dictionary, I meant to say:
It's an apocopated form of 'body'.
Thank you very much, I hadn't found it in the English-Spanish dictionary.
But according to the Merriam-Webster one it wouldn't be impossible that it meant "fellow" (tipo). In Spanish: "Es hora de sacar al viejo de la cama". (As: "Es hora de que salgas de la cama"). Who knows?
"........it's time to get the old bod out of bed", ¿me pueden decir qué significa?, no puedo dar más contexto 👁 Smile :)
.

Here in the U.S. it's used to mean a body, in this context one's own, so I would translate it as: "Es hora de sacar my viejo cuerpo de la cama"
Here in the U.S. it's used to mean a body, in this context one's own, so I would translate it as: "Es hora de sacar my viejo cuerpo de la cama"
Sorry, "...mi viejo cuerpo..."
Hi.

I agree. There are two possibilities.

"bod" is short for "body" (apocopated-eh!). "Get my old body out....."/"Get the fiambre out.......".

"Get the old person/bloke out.......". (cos' he can't do it himself ?)

Or is that three possibilities?

Ain't language wonderful! I agree with everybod.

M.
Last edited:
Do you think it can refer to some sort of depression? (Because one person actually says to the other one: "... time for you to get the old bod out of bed.....". I don't know if the second person had been ill, or maybe depressed, or if it has other meaning).
Thanks 👁 Smile :)
.
Back
Top Bottom