Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. Eye dialect spelling of bother.
- n. UK, slang Violence, especially that associated with youth gangs.
Etymologies
- Represents a nonstandard or dialectal (in particular Cockney) pronunciation of bother. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Two of the options feature pics of lovely David Cameron, while the more negative pair - on Brown's record and the "Job Tax" - feature a pic of a sweaty Gordon and a pair of what were once called bovver boots respectively.”
“Bell-bottoms soon gave way to flared jeans in the 1970s as the disco movement broke out, many found solace away from the introduction of miniskirts and 'bovver' boots by hiding within the glam rock circle, dressing in glittery outfits and tight tops.”
“Friends were told he had got in some "bovver" after he "f***ed up".”
“Some wear spidery black underwear and bovver boots, like pole dancers in fear of broken glass.”
“We were playing our set when suddenly the doors burst open and about 30 skinheads walk in, fully clad, in leather and bovver boots.”
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“This is the same dictionary that described “bovver boys” (Skinheads) as “Hells Angels” by the way.”
“Teddy boys, perhaps, or punks, but there was always something silly and peacocky about them, which isn't something you can say about the skins, whose look was built for what used to be called bovver.”
“Monteray is faymus foar fish-type restaurants, but teh last tyme ai wuz deyr wuz hard tu fynd parking kuz ob teh krowds, so we didnt bovver tryin wuz kinda passin fru.”
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“Yeff, but deyr ar a lawt ob peeplz voatin dat doan bovver tu reed teh kommints tu kno bowt dis plan, adn eben fyooer hoo akshully mayks kommints adn kayr bowt whut gets put awn it.”
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“We feeled it, too — but it diddint rillee bovver us.”
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bilby Online Etym. Dict. says:
"1969, Cockney pronunciation of bother "trouble" (q.v.), given wide extended usage in skinhead slang." Jan 5, 2008