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Blousie

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MerryMarigold · 23/01/2023 15:15

Came across a child with this name recently. I've never heard of it, and I just thought it sounds like calling your child Skirtsie or Glovesie. But maybe it's a real name that I just haven't heard before. Maybe from another country? Mum seemed perfectly normal and called her Blouse for short! Anyone heard it before or can explain it to me? I absolutely promise I'm not on the wind up.

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Rothburypixie · 10/08/2026 13:48

I didn’t even read it as Blousey I read it as Louise with a B- Blue-eese 😂😂

RocketQueen79 · 10/08/2026 07:59

Brummiecurlz173 · 08/08/2026 13:34

is this a poor attempt at trying to be 'chic'

I honestly don’t think so

NoseOrIsItKnows · 09/08/2026 16:13

mathanxiety · 08/08/2026 04:04

Only Americans of fairly recent Italian descent pr those living in heavily Italian neighbourhoods rhyme blouse with louse.

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All Americans pronounce it like that (unless they’ve been raised by British or Australian parents), not just the ones of Italian heritage. Every time that I’ve heard one say blouse, it rhymes with louse with the way they say it.

Brummiecurlz173 · 08/08/2026 13:34

is this a poor attempt at trying to be 'chic'

AustenitesUnite · 08/08/2026 07:04

My DM, a very keen amateur gardener, uses the word Blousie to describe nearly dead roses she's about to dead-head! "This one's blousie, it will have to go!"

mathanxiety · 08/08/2026 04:04

Rosalisa · 23/01/2023 15:23

Don't they also pronounce the "s" sound, so it's an American "blouse" to rhyme with "louse"?

Eh, no.

Only Americans of fairly recent Italian descent pr those living in heavily Italian neighbourhoods rhyme blouse with louse.

RocketQueen79 · 07/08/2026 21:53

MerryMarigold · 23/01/2023 15:15

Came across a child with this name recently. I've never heard of it, and I just thought it sounds like calling your child Skirtsie or Glovesie. But maybe it's a real name that I just haven't heard before. Maybe from another country? Mum seemed perfectly normal and called her Blouse for short! Anyone heard it before or can explain it to me? I absolutely promise I'm not on the wind up.

My niece is called Blousey. Wonder if it was her?

UWhatNow · 23/01/2023 20:10

Wow… the lengths some people go to to give their poor kids some bonkers name just because it’s ‘unique’ 🙄

picnicshnicnic · 23/01/2023 20:05

^Anybody who is anybody will soon walk through that door....at......Fat Sam's.....Grandslam! Speakeeeasy!
^
Goodness, haven't thought of Bugsy and Co for years, but it's all flooding back!

Love Bugsy, love Blousie...but as a name, no.

Unless it was twins, Bugsy and Blousie BlushGrin

AnnieFarmer · 23/01/2023 19:45

I always loved the name because I really liked the Bugsy Malone character.

The meaning of the word when referring to clothing in my experience is different to PPs. I’ve always understood it to be referring to a garment that’s flouncy and fussy.

Bigweekend · 23/01/2023 19:38

I've always thought blousey meant working class and a bit over dressed/over made up, but maybe that's because I also know it from Bugsy Malone?

RaininSummer · 23/01/2023 19:35

Lousy is a totally different word. To me a blousy woman is a unkempt, looks like a sack of rubbish, with morals to match. Not a very modern word though still a bad name

LadyKenya · 23/01/2023 19:33

midlifecrash · 23/01/2023 16:04

“The name’s Brown”.
”Sounds like a loaf of bread”.
”Blousey Brown”.
”Sounds like a stale loaf of bread”.

Snurk😆

barelyfunctional · 23/01/2023 19:29

MrsMitford3 · 23/01/2023 15:35

We (UK) use it as an adjective meaning under par.
Like "I feel a bit blousey today."
means I would be feeling low/meh/blah/bit down in the dumps

Not a nice association at all

Do you mean lousy?

MotherOfHouseplants · 23/01/2023 19:25

MrsMitford3 · 23/01/2023 15:35

We (UK) use it as an adjective meaning under par.
Like "I feel a bit blousey today."
means I would be feeling low/meh/blah/bit down in the dumps

Not a nice association at all

Do we?

PlaitBilledDuckyPuss · 23/01/2023 17:55

It sounds like 'blowsy' which means unkempt, so would be a no from me.

dextrek · 23/01/2023 17:52

midlifecrash · 23/01/2023 16:04

“The name’s Brown”.
”Sounds like a loaf of bread”.
”Blousey Brown”.
”Sounds like a stale loaf of bread”.

Was just about to type that quote until I saw you'd beaten me to it!

It's a dreadful name for a baby, sorry....

bathbombaholic · 23/01/2023 17:50

I actually watched Bugzy Malone for the first time in years yesterday! Such a great film!
Also the only place I've heard the name and don't like it I'm afraid!

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MerryMarigold · 23/01/2023 17:41

Oh bless her, she's really cute little girl. Hopefully most people won't have heard of it and the association. I'll have to watch Bugsy Malone now! I think if it were a completely 'made up' name, it would be better, it's just because it sounds like the clothes item with an 'ee' on the end. I think they pronounce it with zzzz sound not an ssss.

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CrackerIsland · 23/01/2023 16:13

IsadoraQuagmire · 23/01/2023 16:09

Also Blousey, in the film of Bugsy Malone, is a very dreary unattractive character, especially when compared to the gorgeous Tallulah.

Exactly. I always assumed that was why the character was named Blousey. To give connotations of frumpy dreariness.

IsadoraQuagmire · 23/01/2023 16:09

Also Blousey, in the film of Bugsy Malone, is a very dreary unattractive character, especially when compared to the gorgeous Tallulah.

midlifecrash · 23/01/2023 16:04

“The name’s Brown”.
”Sounds like a loaf of bread”.
”Blousey Brown”.
”Sounds like a stale loaf of bread”.

LakeTiticaca · 23/01/2023 15:49

ElbowsandArses · 23/01/2023 15:18

OMG. My mum (80+) uses this word as an insult (=overweight/fat; yes my mum has had a lifelong eating disorder but still …!)

My late mother (80+) always said it meant a "woman of loose morals"
😲😲

MrsMitford3 · 23/01/2023 15:35

We (UK) use it as an adjective meaning under par.
Like "I feel a bit blousey today."
means I would be feeling low/meh/blah/bit down in the dumps

Not a nice association at all

StrychnineInTheSandwiches · 23/01/2023 15:33

Whyyyy would you call a girl Blousie when the identically sounding 'blowsy' is right there, with a not particularly nice meaning? As I am morphing into my mother it's a word I even use myself from time to time. Usually to describe me!