someone who hurts or frightens someone else, often over a period of time, and often forcing them to do something that they do not want to do: You’re just a big bully!

sweetheart

Bulling is a behaviour seen in cattle when one mounts another, usually when one or the other is a female in oestrus (on heat); “bulling” is commonly used as a term for a female in oestrus. Female cattle in oestrus may mount any adult cattle, especially a bull (fertile male) if one is present, but they will also mount …

The idiom “bully for you” is an expression used to say congratulations or good for you. The term can be used in a sincere way or it can be used as a sarcastic expression if someone thinks your story or achievement is incredibly boring. Origin of this idiomatic expression.

a rough and threatening man, especially one paid by someone to hurt or frighten other people: [ before noun ] bully-boy tactics.

This term was coined by United States President Theodore Roosevelt, who referred to his office as a “bully pulpit”, by which he meant a terrific platform from which to advocate an agenda. Roosevelt used the word bully as an adjective meaning “superb” or “wonderful”, a more common usage at that time.

(“Bully”—one of Roosevelt’s favorite exclamations—means “grand” or “excellent.”)

“Bully” is one of the scariest words I’ve ever written about, because it can mean so many things: excluding, teasing, rumor-spreading, harassing, abusing, coercing, online-terrorizing, torturing, and even driving to suicide—or “bullyicide,” as it has been called. That’s a frightening range.

Etymology. The word “bully” was first used in the 1530s meaning “sweetheart”, applied to either sex, from the Dutch boel “lover, brother”, probably diminutive of Middle High German buole “brother”, of uncertain origin (compare with the German buhle “lover”).

It is more likely that there are two distinct words of accidental formal identity: while the earlier bully is perhaps an adaptation of Middle Dutch boele, meaning lover (of either sex), the later bully might simply be derived from the noun bull, uncastrated male bovine animal.

If a feudal lord or town squire in the 1500s spoke of his “bully,” he was referring to his sweetheart, a definition that applied to both sexes and traces its etymological roots to the Dutch word boel, or “lover.” Several centuries later, the word’s meaning transformed from “fine fellow” into “blusterer”—someone full of …

Good for you

500 years ago “bully” (thought to be derived from the Dutch “boel” for brother, and the German “buhle” for lover) was a term of endearment. “Bully for you” also meant “bravo”, a positive, encouraging message.

The American Bully is a dog breed that originated from the United States as a newly designed breed using a foundation of the American Pitbull Terriers and American Staffordshire Terriers and some Bulldog-type breeds. It’s a medium-sized dog at about 16 to 20 inches tall, weighing between 30 to 65 pounds.

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A 16-year-old male named “Josh Evans” was registered on the account used for bullying messages to Meier. But Lori Drew, the mother of Sarah Drew, a former friend of Meier, later admitted creating the MySpace account.

The movie’s story is at least somewhat inspired by the suicide of Megan Meier, a teenager living in Missouri who committed suicide after a mother, Lori Drew, her daughter, and their then-employee Ashley Grills pretended to be a teenage boy named Josh Evans and bullied her online after pretending to be her friend.

Emily Osment

Cyberbullying or cyberharassment is a form of bullying or harassment using electronic means. Harmful bullying behavior can include posting rumors, threats, sexual remarks, a victims’ personal information, or pejorative labels (i.e. hate speech).

It’s true that the issue of online safety is as relevant to today’s cyber-savvy younger kids as it is to teens, but this movie isn’t the best way to introduce them to the subject due to its weighty subject matter, references to sexual relationships and STDs, and strong language.

A woman (Kelly Rowan) tries to help her teenage daughter (Emily Osment) when she becomes the victim of online bullying.

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