On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 9:36 AM mayqel qunen'oS <mihkoun@gmail.com> wrote:
The verb {'Irgh} is given as "bully, intimidate, pick on, harass".
I'd like to ask, since english is not my native language..
In english, do you use the verb "bully" with regards only to in-school harassment, or do you use it too, in other kinds of harassment ?
If a grown-up is harassed at work, because of his color/religion/sexual orientation etc, can you say that "he's being bullied" ?
Or is "being bullied" used only in highschool with regards to teenagers ?
At least in the usage I'm familiar with, "bully", as a noun and a verb, is usually applied to kids and teenagers. When it's applied to adults, it often has the connotation that the adults in question are being childish or immature. The word {'Irgh} was used for translating an anti-bullying-in-schools message, so that's probably why it's in there. I don't think {'Irgh} itself has any sort of age-based connotations.