bitch:
1. Offensive and derogatory word for a woman regarded as being a spiteful-tongued, overbearing shrew. According to the Oxford English Dictionary , bitch acquired its taboo status in the 19 th century, during the Victorian era. More recently, probably because so many people have taken the stand that all bad-things can't be all bad and some bad-things are gooood, bitch sometimes drop its offensive edge to become complimentary. Example: Austin Powers 2 (1999): ' I'm am a sexy bitch .'2. A term of abuse for a woman , from its standard meaning of female dog .
3. A prostitute . See prostitute for synonyms.
4. Street slang for one's habitual sexual partner . My bitch is waiting in the crib .
Quotes:
(1) Catwoman (Michelle Pfeiffer) to Batman (Michael Keaton) in Batman Returns (1992): ' I'm a woman and can't be taken for granted. Life's a bitch, now so am I .'
(2) Mr. Blonde/Vic (Michael Madsen) in Reservoir Dogs (1992): ' If you're talking like a bitch I'm gonna slap you like a bitch. '
(3) Charles Panati. Sexy Origins and Intimate Things (1998): 'Linguists are not certain why "bitch" passed from being a benign word, often an endearment, to a taboo. Some theorize that its explosive sound made it ideal for firing off as a slur. The psycholinguistics of all curse words require that they carry maximal energy on minimal sound, a spiked waveform characteristic of consonants. This gives the word energetic punch , making-it ''explosive. The word "bitch" was first recorded as a verb, "to chronically complain about something", in 1823 .'
(4) Eve (Alicia Silverstone) to Adam (Brendan Fraser) in Blast From the Past (1999): ' She's got bitch written all over her .'
See Also: all bitched up, all butched up, B-girl string, ball-breaker, ball-buster, ball-busting, beach whale, beard, bearded lady, biatch, bitch, bitch goddess, bitch's blind, bitch's Christmas, bitch-queen, bitched up, bitchery, bitches' blinds, bitches' Christmas, Bitchville, bluff, bob, butched up, camper, cock bite, corral, dinky dyke, discipliness, dogess, dominant bitch, dominatrix, domme, family, female dom, female dominant, female dominator, femdom, five-letter woman, flaming bitch, flinking, in-law, main, main lady, main piece, old lady, pimp's corral, proud, queen's Christmas, screaming bitch, sea-fairy, shell queen, sister-in-law, slich, slitch, sob, sunflower, tailgator, tansie, town b, wife-in-law
Quotes Containing bitch:
Whitney (Nicole Bilderback) in Bring It On (2000): ''She puts the itch in bitch .''
Mr. Blonde/Vic (Michael Madsen) in Reservoir Dogs (1992): ''If you''re talking like a bitch I''m gonna slap you like a bitch .''
Charles Panati. Sexy Origins and Intimate Things (1998): ''Linguists are not certain why "bitch " passed from being a benign word, often an endearment, to a taboo. Some theorize that its explosive sound made it ideal for firing off as a slur. The psycholinguistics of all curse words require that they carry maximal energy on minimal sound, a spiked waveform characteristic of consonants. This gives the word energetic punch , making-it ''''explosive. The word "bitch " was first recorded as a verb, "to chronically complain about something", in 1823.''
Eve (Alicia Silverstone) to Adam (Brendan Fraser) in Blast From the Past (1999): ''She''s got bitch written all over her.''
Sharon Winters (Dtscry Walker) in A Smell of Honey, A Swallow of Brine (1966): ''I may be a bitch , but I''ll never be butch!''
Vera Donovan (Judy Parfitt) in Dolores Claiborne (1995): ''Sometimes being a bitch is all a woman has to hold on to.''
Catwoman (Michelle Pfeiffer) to Batman (Michael Keaton) in Batman Returns (1992): ''I''m a woman and can''t be taken for granted. Life''s a bitch , now so am I.''
Selina Kyle/Cat Woman (Michelle Pfeiffer) to Bruce Wayne/Batman (Michael Keaton) in Batman Returns (1992): ''I''m a woman and can''t be taken for granted. Life''s a bitch now so am I.''
Meg (Mary Kay Place) to Sarah (Glenn Close) on the subject of dating in The Big Chill (1983):'They're either married or gay . And if they're not gay , they've just broken up with the most wonderful woman in the world or they've just broken up with a bitch who looks just like me. They're in transition from a monogamous relationship and they need more space or they're tired of space but they just can't commit or they want to commit but they're afraid to get close. They want to get close, you don't want to get near them.'
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