A loving & empathetic expression conveying sympathy toward ones action or behavior. The obvious / better choice or action was not taken.
Jeff was sluffing school to much & didnt graduate. -Bless his heart.
Robin jumped on a box to crush it- slipped, landed on her arm, and broke it. -Bless her heart.
I was out in the cold playing without a jacket, and got sick. -Bless your heart.
Robin jumped on a box to crush it- slipped, landed on her arm, and broke it. -Bless her heart.
I was out in the cold playing without a jacket, and got sick. -Bless your heart.
by Jefe.Robison December 24, 2019
The southern way to say just about anything.
It can mean what an idiot, poor guy, awe that's so cute, etc.
It can mean what an idiot, poor guy, awe that's so cute, etc.
by Lulu the dino nuggie February 15, 2022
Below are the meanings of "bless your heart" from an Alabama born and raised southerner.
1. If someone has just lost a loved one, we say bless your heart to mean sympathy.
2. If a child falls down and skins their knee or someone tells you a sad story about a family member, we say bless your heart to mean we are sincerely sorry something bad happened.
3. If a southerner looks at you with a sardonic smile and says bless your heart, it usually means she thinks you're an idiot or your opinion is stupid.
4. If we look you straight in the face and say bless your heart and walk away or hang up, it generally means go screw yourself. This meaning also applies if bless your heart is used after an insult of some kind whether veiled or not.
5. Bless your heart can also be used to indicate surprise and happiness. For example, if someone tells you they won the lottery, we might say, "Bless your heart! That's fantastic!"
6. Another example is when we talk to each other about anything generally negative but not at all meant to be insulting. For example, "I know she spent all day in the kitchen and tried her very best, but bless her heart, what she served for the dinner party was just awful."
Hope this helps y'all!
1. If someone has just lost a loved one, we say bless your heart to mean sympathy.
2. If a child falls down and skins their knee or someone tells you a sad story about a family member, we say bless your heart to mean we are sincerely sorry something bad happened.
3. If a southerner looks at you with a sardonic smile and says bless your heart, it usually means she thinks you're an idiot or your opinion is stupid.
4. If we look you straight in the face and say bless your heart and walk away or hang up, it generally means go screw yourself. This meaning also applies if bless your heart is used after an insult of some kind whether veiled or not.
5. Bless your heart can also be used to indicate surprise and happiness. For example, if someone tells you they won the lottery, we might say, "Bless your heart! That's fantastic!"
6. Another example is when we talk to each other about anything generally negative but not at all meant to be insulting. For example, "I know she spent all day in the kitchen and tried her very best, but bless her heart, what she served for the dinner party was just awful."
Hope this helps y'all!
by A real southern belle July 11, 2022
Phrase used by old southern ladies that want to get away with saying 'fuck you' to a stranger. It works because they also use it unironically just often enough to leave doubt in your mind.
"Oh bless your heart."
"Did that lady just tell me to go fuck myself or genuinely mean it?"
"Well, we are in Georgia..."
"Did that lady just tell me to go fuck myself or genuinely mean it?"
"Well, we are in Georgia..."
by Itsapaul05 April 25, 2023
1: phrase used by Southern women to excuse themselves for speaking ill of someone else.
2: an expression of sympathy or pity.
3: a polite way to respond to an ignoramus, particularly male, who showers upon you flattering but unwanted compliments.
2: an expression of sympathy or pity.
3: a polite way to respond to an ignoramus, particularly male, who showers upon you flattering but unwanted compliments.
1: "She's as ugly as a mud-fence, bless her heart."
2: "Well, bless your heart, that must have been terrible!"
3: drunk fella: "I think you're beautiful! Even if you were ugly, I'd STILL think you were beautiful!"
recipient: "...bless your heart."
2: "Well, bless your heart, that must have been terrible!"
3: drunk fella: "I think you're beautiful! Even if you were ugly, I'd STILL think you were beautiful!"
recipient: "...bless your heart."
by lateda January 03, 2005
1) A euphemism for "fuck you" commonly used by people who live in the southern United States.
2) An expression of pity used by southerners.
2) An expression of pity used by southerners.
1) After I proved the southerner wrong, they looked me straight in the eye and said "bless your heart"
2) After I fell off my bicycle, the southern lady said, "bless your heart"
2) After I fell off my bicycle, the southern lady said, "bless your heart"
by Ebag Nigel Gunther February 09, 2015
If you live in or around or even visit TN, you will hear this often.
Example:
-A pregnant woman forgetting her keys or where she parked her car in a parking lot...
someone would look at you 'bless your heart'
-You show up to a Doctors visit on the wrong day or time-
the receptionist says 'bless your heart'
-Try to use a coupon that expired the day before... not knowing it
expired.. the cashier would say 'bless your heart'
Example:
-A pregnant woman forgetting her keys or where she parked her car in a parking lot...
someone would look at you 'bless your heart'
-You show up to a Doctors visit on the wrong day or time-
the receptionist says 'bless your heart'
-Try to use a coupon that expired the day before... not knowing it
expired.. the cashier would say 'bless your heart'
by the smart sister August 23, 2014