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"Bloke" is a Slang term for " Man ," much like " Guy " or " Dude ." It is primarily used in Britain , Australia and New Zealand , and is believed to derive from Shelta . Generally, the term bloke connotes an older Age , so to refer to a younger male, one would qualify it as "young bloke" or similar. Recently (during the last ten years or so) the term "blokish" as in "blokish humour" has occasionally cropped up. It describes the stereotypical "Men Behaving Badly" type of humour that is acceptably sexist - i.e. expected of such young men - and invariably funny rather than sarcastic or self-ironic. During the 1950s the word bloke was used extensively - dude being unheard of and guy pertaining to Guy Fawkes only - by adults while "chap" was used by schoolboys. It fell gradually out of use in the early sixties and was not really replaced by anything else. AUSTRALASIAN SIGNIFICANCE While the term, strictly speaking, only means "man", the word "bloke" has been adopted into Australasia n culture to mean substantially more than that. The term "good bloke" is often used. "Blokey" culture is the Stereotypically masculine culture found outside of the metropolitan areas of Australia and New Zealand, the culture in which hard work, loyalty and not showing emotion are all valuable attributes. QUéBEC SIGNIFICANCE In Québec , the word ''bloke'' is used to specifically refer to anglophones, most often in a derogatory manner. The also-used monicker «''Tête carrée''» (“square head”) is derived from ''bloke''. IN FRANCE In French, the word ''mec'' has roughly the same meaning as the word bloke or geezer, as is in evidence in the translation of the title of the film '' Dude, Where's My Car? '', which became '' Eh Mec! Elle Est Où Ma Caisse? '' (Hey bloke, where is my car). EXTERNAL SOURCES |
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