you can say anything mean at all, as long as you use this phrase right after it.
Judy is one heck of a butterface. Bless her heart.
A southern way to cuss out the ignorant.
You: "OH my gosh, I just failed my midterm after I spent all my time with 'X'!"
Any southerner: "Bless your heart."
Ex 2
You: "wow, can't believe there is a whole other culture down here!"
Some southerner: "Bless. Your. Heart."
When with friends, it is sometimes said in a teasing manner while still calling you out for being dumb
A big favorite southern saying
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.
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."
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.
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"
Don't think this is a compliment, because it isn't. An insult commonly used in the south.
Karen : "My makeup is ruined now!"
Alyssa : "Oh bless your heart."
Karen : *walks away in anger*
A southern's way of calling you an idiot.
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'
The Most Southern Baptist Christian way to cuss the daylight savings outta someone without being inflammatory even know if you want 2
Bless your heart your acting real foolish right now without knowing the facts