Bolshy
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a [Bolshevik], or someone accused of having Bolshevik (communist) leanings).
(more commonly) an adjective meaning that someone is very assertive in the pursuit of something and/or hostile to authoritarian manoeuvres by others. A bolshy person gets cross if confronted and is likely to say whats it to you?, [mind your own business] and stuff like that a lot.
also the name of a short-lived youth magazine run by [the Alliance] for Workers Liberty.
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A 4th wave ska band from Liverpool UK. Bolshy combine the best of ska reggae and punk with their strong [anti-capitalist] and anti-discrimination views.
An adjective used to describe someone who has a lot attitude and [confidently] expresses their views, may cause a lot of [heated discussion] and arguments
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[Big]. From [Russian] bolshoi, meaning [big].
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A [south African] woman!
Of late I have been witness to a friend finding himself getting more and more frustrated by [south african] women. Both dating and freindships he keeps getting the thin end of [the wedge]. We live in [the middle east] and his terminology to sum this particular species was bolshy.
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