Green’s Dictionary of Slang

God-bothering adj.

unctuously pious.

1965		G. Melly Owning Up (1974) 174: Laurie London who, it was reported in an interview, wrote his God-bothering hit ‘He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands’, while sitting on the lavatory.
1977		G. Melly Rum, Bum and Concertina (1978) 45: It was possible [...] to spend the Godbothering hour in the back room of a friendly pub.
1999		Observer 7 Nov. 28: Dull God-bothering stuff.
2000		Bug (Aus.) 4 Aug. 🌐 But take the Bash’s tip. In 12 months time, Mundine’s image will be whiter than God-bothering jockey Darren Beadman.
2021		C. Hammer Opal Country 38: ‘One of his God-bothering mates’.
2024		J. Meades Empty Wigs (t/s) 136: He had become a hard-striding cold-bather, a god-bothering Anglican communicant.