d******e
发帖数: 4192 | 1 Word Story
How shocked and offended will people be if you use this word? Well, that all
depends on how you are using it and what you are referring to. Originally,
bitch simply meant a female dog, and it still does. But around the year
1400, it gained currency as a disparaging term for a woman, originally
specifically “a lewd or sensual woman,” and then more generally “a
malicious or unpleasant woman.” The word is first found used this way in
the Chester Plays of the 1400's, which has the line “Who callest thou
queine, skabde bitch?,” translated by one writer into modern English as “
Who are you calling a whore, you miserable bitch?” By the 1800's, bitch
was considered “the most offensive appellation that can be given to an
English woman,” to the point where people started using euphemisms for the
literal sense, such as lady dog and she dog.
But language keeps evolving, and bitch can now also be applied to a man, to
a complaint, and to any difficult or unpleasant thing or situation. Used as
a verb, we can talk about complaining (“bitching and moaning”), or
bungling things (“bitching something up”), or riding in an uncomfortable
position in a car (“sitting bitch”). When used in any of these ways, it's
more slang than vulgarity, more colorful interjection than cause for offense
. Nevertheless, care must be taken—there is a big difference between
bitching about somebody and calling them a bitch! (Though it's O.K. to
call their female dog that.)
Popular References
— The BITCH Manifesto: Classic feminist article (1970) written by Jo
Freeman under the pen name Joreen. It reclaimed the word “bitch” as a term
of empowerment rather than one of abuse.
— Bitch: A feminist magazine commenting on popular culture and media,
founded in 1996.
—Bitch: The stage name of a politically outspoken female rock vocalist/
violinist and actress.
— Skinny Bitch: A diet book (2005) written by Rory Freedman and Kim
Barnouin.
— No One's the Bitch: A book (2009), Web site, and forum that supports
mother and stepmother relationships. Started by Jennifer Newcomb Marine and
Carol Marine.
—Stitch 'n Bitch: A network of groups of people who knit and crochet.
Citations
“The rogues slighted me into the river with as little remorse as they would
have drowned a bitch's blind puppies.”
—Falstaff, Merry Wives of Windsor, act III, scene V , William Shakespeare (
1602) http://books.google.com/books?id=Znk0AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA138&dq=a+bitch%27s+blind+puppies&hl=en&ei=G0YOTeiSLcOC8ga14qSTCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=a%20bitch%27s%20blind%20puppies&f=false
“We're all nervous as a wolf bitch in heat.”
—Paul Engle, “The Last Whiskey Cup,” The Great American Parade, ed. H. J.
Duteil (1935) http://books.google.com/books?id=S2ku4oO48x8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=The+great+american+parade&source=bl&ots=HQBLrjM1th&sig=-p5tQz2isii23n0q_bpQFdp_e4c&hl=en&ei=xSAhTbyaMcSAlAfW9fDHBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CB4Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q&f=false
“Bitch: … the most offensive appellation that can be given to an English
woman, even more provoking than that of whore, as may be gathered from the
regular Billinsgate or St. Giles's answers, ‘I may be a whore, but can't be
a bitch.’”
—Francis Grose, Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (1785) http://books.google.com/books?id=RyVKAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA13&dq=%22the+most+offensive+appellation%22&hl=en&ei=1DgOTeLIHsL48AaCx9zNDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CEYQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=%22the%20most%20offensive%20appellation%22&f=false
“The bitch that I mean is not a dog.”
—English proverbial saying, Gnomologia: Adagies and Proverbs; Wise
Sentences and Witty Sayings, Ancient and Modern, Foreign and British, Thomas
Fuller (1732) http://books.google.com/books?id=3y8JAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA189&dq=%22the+bitch+that+I+mean+is+not+a+dog%22&hl=en&ei=oTQOTfmrI4us8AaS9I3sBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CD4Q6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=%22the%20bitch%20that%20I%20mean%20is%20not%20a%20dog%22&f=false
“Kind of a Bitch: Why I Like Hillary Clinton”
—Camille Paglia, Vamps & Tramps: New Essays (1995) http://www.amazon.com/Vamps-Tramps-Essays-Camille-Paglia/dp/0679751203
“He's my bitch, and when he says my name, we just sell that many more
records.”
—David Lee Roth, talking about Sammy Hagar, Everybody Wants Some: The Van
Halen Saga, Ian Christe (2007) http://books.google.com/books?id=RUsfiiCWvLkC&pg=PT116&dq=%22he%27s+my+bitch%22&hl=en#v=onepage&q=%22he%27s%20my%20bitch%22&f=false
“I liked the idea of having me a kept senator. You might say he's my bitch.
”
—Stanford Diehl, Angel in the Front Room, Devil Out Back (2001) http://www.amazon.com/Angel-Front-Room-Devil-Back/dp/1563526433
“What a bitch of a thing prose is! It is never finished, there is always
something to be done over.”
—Gustave Flaubert, in a letter to Louise Colet, The Selected Letters of
Gustave Flaubert, ed. and transl. Francis Steegmuller (1953) http://www.amazon.com/Selected-Letters-Gustave-Flaubert-Steegmuller/dp/B000L7GLT6
“Sometimes you just have to stop and bitch about the roses.”
—Man to woman, in a cartoon by Christopher Weyant, The New Yorker (December
20, 2004)
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bitch (bɪtʃ)
— n
1.
a female dog or other female canine animal, such as a wolf
2.
offensive , slang a malicious, spiteful, or coarse woman
3.
slang a complaint
4.
slang a difficult situation or problem
5.
slang a person who acts as a subordinate or slave to another person
— vb (often foll by up )
6.
( intr ) to complain; grumble
7.
to behave (towards) in a spiteful or malicious manner
8.
to botch; bungle
[Old English bicce ]
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Word Origin & History
bitch
O.E. bicce, probably from O.N. bikkjuna "female of the dog" (also fox, wolf,
and occasionally other beasts), of unknown origin. Grimm derives the O.N.
word from Lapp pittja, but OED notes that "the converse is equally possible.
" As a term of contempt applied to women, it dates from c.1400; of a man,
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Slang Dictionary
bitch definition
n.
an unpleasant or irritating female. (Rude and derogatory. See the complete
list of all entries with bitch in the Index of Hidden Key Words.) : How can
anyone be expected to deal with a bitch like that?
in.
to complain. (Usually objectionable.) : Oh, stop bitching! I'm sick of
hearing your noise.
n.
a complaint. (Usually objectionable.) : I've got a bitch about this new
foreman.
n.
a difficult thing or person. (Usually objectionable.) : This algebra
problem is a real bitch.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears
.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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bitch slammer bull bitch bush bitch Life's a bitch, then you die pitch a
bitch real bitch | d******e
发帖数: 4192 | | h****1
发帖数: 1084 | 3
你折腾个啥？也开始狡辩了？你这样对seeU有啥好处？
【在 d******e 的大作中提到】
: 读读第一段,SEEU是基本正确的.
| b**d
发帖数: 7644 | 4 你觉得她真在帮SeeU呀？她老人家这是在借SeeU打击她自己不喜欢的人。
【在 h****1 的大作中提到】
:
: 你折腾个啥？也开始狡辩了？你这样对seeU有啥好处？
| d******e
发帖数: 4192 | 5 there is a big difference between
bitching about somebody and calling them a bitch!
看到了吗?
有人在这里CALL 别人BITCH, 和原来那个第一次用这个BITCHING 就是不太善意的抱怨
的意思是不一样的.
叫人家BITCH是一种羞辱,我知道,SON of bitch 是严重的骂人的话,就是说杂种的意思.
但是说BITCH好象还是很经常用的,就是说这人很次的意思.
【在 h****1 的大作中提到】
:
: 你折腾个啥？也开始狡辩了？你这样对seeU有啥好处？
| T*******y
发帖数: 6523 | 6 hehe, "基本正确"?
You have a very clear standard on what is right and what is wrong, right?
Can you simply say whether SeeU is right or wrong in judging this word usage
and/or in handling the situation? Don't use "almost" oh.
【在 d******e 的大作中提到】
: 读读第一段,SEEU是基本正确的.
| b**d
发帖数: 7644 | 7 你觉得shit是很常用的吗？告诉你，这个是非常坏的词。小孩子绝对不能说的。
思.
【在 d******e 的大作中提到】
: there is a big difference between
: bitching about somebody and calling them a bitch!
: 看到了吗?
: 有人在这里CALL 别人BITCH, 和原来那个第一次用这个BITCHING 就是不太善意的抱怨
: 的意思是不一样的.
: 叫人家BITCH是一种羞辱,我知道,SON of bitch 是严重的骂人的话,就是说杂种的意思.
: 但是说BITCH好象还是很经常用的,就是说这人很次的意思.
| d******e
发帖数: 4192 | 8 他的JUDGING是对的,
他的HANDLING不太合适,我个人觉得他不够冷静,智慧,圆滑.
你们这么多人对付他一个,真下得了手啊.
usage
【在 T*******y 的大作中提到】
: hehe, "基本正确"?
: You have a very clear standard on what is right and what is wrong, right?
: Can you simply say whether SeeU is right or wrong in judging this word usage
: and/or in handling the situation? Don't use "almost" oh.
| b*****l
发帖数: 3821 | 9 要不你把你的研究BITCH的心得教教你女儿？
看看你愿不愿意教？ 这是一个很容易验证的标准。
思.
【在 d******e 的大作中提到】
: there is a big difference between
: bitching about somebody and calling them a bitch!
: 看到了吗?
: 有人在这里CALL 别人BITCH, 和原来那个第一次用这个BITCHING 就是不太善意的抱怨
: 的意思是不一样的.
: 叫人家BITCH是一种羞辱,我知道,SON of bitch 是严重的骂人的话,就是说杂种的意思.
: 但是说BITCH好象还是很经常用的,就是说这人很次的意思.
| d******e
发帖数: 4192 | 10 你真逗,这个算什么标准啊.
人不可能生活在真空里的,我还用教啊.
小孩不会查字典啊,现在很多很POP的小孩书都用很多SLANG啊,
越是BESTＳＥＬＬＥＲ用得越多了,ＢＩＴＣＨＩＮＧ肯定有的.
还好,我女儿有鉴别能力的,就是牛!
别这样那样找SＥＥＵ的毛病了,再换个别的查儿找吧．
你们也HＩＧＨ够了吧，还天天MＡＫＥ呢,就是MＥＡＮ．
【在 b*****l 的大作中提到】
: 要不你把你的研究BITCH的心得教教你女儿？
: 看看你愿不愿意教？ 这是一个很容易验证的标准。
:
: 思.
| | | b**d
发帖数: 7644 | 11 不要说肯定有。 例如哪本有呢？俺都说啦。shit都是不被允许的，更不要说bitch啦。
【在 d******e 的大作中提到】
: 你真逗,这个算什么标准啊.
: 人不可能生活在真空里的,我还用教啊.
: 小孩不会查字典啊,现在很多很POP的小孩书都用很多SLANG啊,
: 越是BESTＳＥＬＬＥＲ用得越多了,ＢＩＴＣＨＩＮＧ肯定有的.
: 还好,我女儿有鉴别能力的,就是牛!
: 别这样那样找SＥＥＵ的毛病了,再换个别的查儿找吧．
: 你们也HＩＧＨ够了吧，还天天MＡＫＥ呢,就是MＥＡＮ．
| T*******y
发帖数: 6523 | 12 hehe, are you a person who'd do all the right things and cleanse all the
wrong-doings?
Could you kindly tell SeeU that 他的HANDLING不太合适, and why it is so? I
don't think that he is not 冷静 or 圆滑, but perhaps he is missing the other
thing.
"你们这么多人对付他一个,真下得了手啊." Do you "protect" (or intent to
protect) him because he's alone, or because you think that he's right? I
mean "completely right", not just "partially right" oh.
If you don't think that he's right, where is your often-claimed high
standard to behave?
Also, I can only speak for myself that I am not 对付他. I have done all that
I want to do or can do. However it turns out, I am glad to see.
【在 d******e 的大作中提到】
: 他的JUDGING是对的,
: 他的HANDLING不太合适,我个人觉得他不够冷静,智慧,圆滑.
: 你们这么多人对付他一个,真下得了手啊.
:
: usage
| b*****l
发帖数: 3821 | 13 儿童书里我从来没见到过的。
倒是知道一些不好的社区，在街头的小孩，这些话是学的很早。
家教好的美国人，连shit都不许说，实在急了，也只是说个shoot或者长音的sheet.
归根究底，这就是个家教问题。
【在 b**d 的大作中提到】
: 不要说肯定有。 例如哪本有呢？俺都说啦。shit都是不被允许的，更不要说bitch啦。
| d******e
发帖数: 4192 | 14 不管你怎么跑题,人家原来的贴BITCHING没什么大问题.
你又把我女儿引出来,我还认真地和你聊了,没有恶意的.
你再来这样总结一翻,真没必要的.
你可能就见过儿童书吧,青少年的书俺们提前读了不行啊.
你对文学出版的现状真是不了解.
我当然知道用SHOOT了.我又不是没有听见过.
【在 b*****l 的大作中提到】
: 儿童书里我从来没见到过的。
: 倒是知道一些不好的社区，在街头的小孩，这些话是学的很早。
: 家教好的美国人，连shit都不许说，实在急了，也只是说个shoot或者长音的sheet.
: 归根究底，这就是个家教问题。
| N*******n
发帖数: 348 | 15 这些全是他自己的选择：是他自己乱删贴，是他自己要乱封人，是他自己从来不肯认错
，是他自己要贴那些佛经自诩高尚教育别人。有句话叫：己所不欲，勿施于人。你要别
人对你nice,你首先要对别人nice.
【在 d******e 的大作中提到】
: 他的JUDGING是对的,
: 他的HANDLING不太合适,我个人觉得他不够冷静,智慧,圆滑.
: 你们这么多人对付他一个,真下得了手啊.
:
: usage
| d******e
发帖数: 4192 | 16 他判断原贴用BITCHING不算是恶意攻击,这是对的,尽管原发贴人,BIGWOLF
有不冷静的言辞,我就是说ＢＩＧＷＯＬＦ并没使用脏话.
而这些,不停在这里和版主说名词,或者简短动词的人却根本就是不同的用意.
就算这些人是来逗班主玩的吧，班主要是不太在意也就没什么关系.
为什么ＢＩＧＷＯＬＦ说了词,就被人纠缠成这样呢?
这个真的和班主是否自欺关系还不那么大.
从这些事情，我也和你一样，学到不少东西.
other
【在 T*******y 的大作中提到】
: hehe, are you a person who'd do all the right things and cleanse all the
: wrong-doings?
: Could you kindly tell SeeU that 他的HANDLING不太合适, and why it is so? I
: don't think that he is not 冷静 or 圆滑, but perhaps he is missing the other
: thing.
: "你们这么多人对付他一个,真下得了手啊." Do you "protect" (or intent to
: protect) him because he's alone, or because you think that he's right? I
: mean "completely right", not just "partially right" oh.
: If you don't think that he's right, where is your often-claimed high
: standard to behave?
| d******e
发帖数: 4192 | 17 我说了他不老练.
他在这里因为他的观点和你们不一样，就应该被赋予这种恶报吗？
你们对他太挑剔了.
【在 N*******n 的大作中提到】
: 这些全是他自己的选择：是他自己乱删贴，是他自己要乱封人，是他自己从来不肯认错
: ，是他自己要贴那些佛经自诩高尚教育别人。有句话叫：己所不欲，勿施于人。你要别
: 人对你nice,你首先要对别人nice.
| f*********i
发帖数: 660 | 18 Don't bitch !
all
,
【在 d******e 的大作中提到】
: Word Story
: How shocked and offended will people be if you use this word? Well, that all
: depends on how you are using it and what you are referring to. Originally,
: bitch simply meant a female dog, and it still does. But around the year
: 1400, it gained currency as a disparaging term for a woman, originally
: specifically “a lewd or sensual woman,” and then more generally “a
: malicious or unpleasant woman.” The word is first found used this way in
: the Chester Plays of the 1400's, which has the line “Who callest thou
: queine, skabde bitch?,” translated by one writer into modern English as “
: Who are you calling a whore, you miserable bitch?” By the 1800's, bitch
| d******e
发帖数: 4192 | 19 ｆｉｎｅ，ｗｈｏ ｃａｒｅｓ？
【在 f*********i 的大作中提到】
: Don't bitch !
:
: all
: ,
| N*******n
发帖数: 348 | 20 不是观点不一样，而是他做得不合理。水王又不学佛，有什么跟他观点不一样？
你看是恶报，可人家不一定这样看。没准他还偷着乐呢。
【在 d******e 的大作中提到】
: 我说了他不老练.
: 他在这里因为他的观点和你们不一样，就应该被赋予这种恶报吗？
: 你们对他太挑剔了.
| | | h****1
发帖数: 1084 | 21
不是吧。她就是帮seeU打架，也不管seeU该不该挨打。
【在 b**d 的大作中提到】
: 你觉得她真在帮SeeU呀？她老人家这是在借SeeU打击她自己不喜欢的人。
| h****1
发帖数: 1084 | 22
大家都知道阿。
哪个CALL 别人BITCH？
思.
【在 d******e 的大作中提到】
: there is a big difference between
: bitching about somebody and calling them a bitch!
: 看到了吗?
: 有人在这里CALL 别人BITCH, 和原来那个第一次用这个BITCHING 就是不太善意的抱怨
: 的意思是不一样的.
: 叫人家BITCH是一种羞辱,我知道,SON of bitch 是严重的骂人的话,就是说杂种的意思.
: 但是说BITCH好象还是很经常用的,就是说这人很次的意思.
| h****1
发帖数: 1084 | 23
大家为他好，你就别心不净了。
【在 d******e 的大作中提到】
: 他的JUDGING是对的,
: 他的HANDLING不太合适,我个人觉得他不够冷静,智慧,圆滑.
: 你们这么多人对付他一个,真下得了手啊.
:
: usage
| h****1
发帖数: 1084 | 24
你是说你那黄毛小丫头比大斑竹有鉴别能力的？
【在 d******e 的大作中提到】
: 你真逗,这个算什么标准啊.
: 人不可能生活在真空里的,我还用教啊.
: 小孩不会查字典啊,现在很多很POP的小孩书都用很多SLANG啊,
: 越是BESTＳＥＬＬＥＲ用得越多了,ＢＩＴＣＨＩＮＧ肯定有的.
: 还好,我女儿有鉴别能力的,就是牛!
: 别这样那样找SＥＥＵ的毛病了,再换个别的查儿找吧．
: 你们也HＩＧＨ够了吧，还天天MＡＫＥ呢,就是MＥＡＮ．
| h****1
发帖数: 1084 | 25
大家帮seeU认识错，你老bitching各啥？
【在 d******e 的大作中提到】
: 不管你怎么跑题,人家原来的贴BITCHING没什么大问题.
: 你又把我女儿引出来,我还认真地和你聊了,没有恶意的.
: 你再来这样总结一翻,真没必要的.
: 你可能就见过儿童书吧,青少年的书俺们提前读了不行啊.
: 你对文学出版的现状真是不了解.
: 我当然知道用SHOOT了.我又不是没有听见过.
| h****1
发帖数: 1084 | 26
对。
【在 N*******n 的大作中提到】
: 这些全是他自己的选择：是他自己乱删贴，是他自己要乱封人，是他自己从来不肯认错
: ，是他自己要贴那些佛经自诩高尚教育别人。有句话叫：己所不欲，勿施于人。你要别
: 人对你nice,你首先要对别人nice.
| h****1
发帖数: 1084 | 27
你咋还在不停的bitching阿？
【在 d******e 的大作中提到】
: 他判断原贴用BITCHING不算是恶意攻击,这是对的,尽管原发贴人,BIGWOLF
: 有不冷静的言辞,我就是说ＢＩＧＷＯＬＦ并没使用脏话.
: 而这些,不停在这里和版主说名词,或者简短动词的人却根本就是不同的用意.
: 就算这些人是来逗班主玩的吧，班主要是不太在意也就没什么关系.
: 为什么ＢＩＧＷＯＬＦ说了词,就被人纠缠成这样呢?
: 这个真的和班主是否自欺关系还不那么大.
: 从这些事情，我也和你一样，学到不少东西.
:
: other
| h****1
发帖数: 1084 | 28
歇。你也太差劲了。对斑竹一点责任心都没有。
【在 d******e 的大作中提到】
: 我说了他不老练.
: 他在这里因为他的观点和你们不一样，就应该被赋予这种恶报吗？
: 你们对他太挑剔了.
| f*********i
发帖数: 660 | 29 You bitch again. Stop bitching!
【在 d******e 的大作中提到】
: 我说了他不老练.
: 他在这里因为他的观点和你们不一样，就应该被赋予这种恶报吗？
: 你们对他太挑剔了.
| l*****g
发帖数: 408 | 30
阿妹，要nice。
【在 f*********i 的大作中提到】
: You bitch again. Stop bitching!
| | | l*****a
发帖数: 38403 | 31 嗯嗯，“there is a big difference between
bullshiting about somebody and calling them a bullshit”
思.
【在 d******e 的大作中提到】
: there is a big difference between
: bitching about somebody and calling them a bitch!
: 看到了吗?
: 有人在这里CALL 别人BITCH, 和原来那个第一次用这个BITCHING 就是不太善意的抱怨
: 的意思是不一样的.
: 叫人家BITCH是一种羞辱,我知道,SON of bitch 是严重的骂人的话,就是说杂种的意思.
: 但是说BITCH好象还是很经常用的,就是说这人很次的意思.
| f*********i
发帖数: 660 | 32 She bitches again.
【在 l*****g 的大作中提到】
:
: 阿妹，要nice。
| l*****g
发帖数: 408 | 33
阿妹，要乖，要有辨别力还是识别力啥的。
【在 f*********i 的大作中提到】
: She bitches again.
| b******2
发帖数: 106 | 34 你试了多少个头像啊？
【在 l*****g 的大作中提到】
:
: 阿妹，要乖，要有辨别力还是识别力啥的。
| h****1
发帖数: 1084 | 35
不多，不多，还不是非常满意。
【在 b******2 的大作中提到】
: 你试了多少个头像啊？
| b******2
发帖数: 106 | 36 啥样你才满意，这个不错啊。
你是自己做的，还是网上扒的？
【在 h****1 的大作中提到】
:
: 不多，不多，还不是非常满意。
| h****1
发帖数: 1084 | 37
网上扒的。好，现在就用这个吧。
【在 b******2 的大作中提到】
: 啥样你才满意，这个不错啊。
: 你是自己做的，还是网上扒的？
| b******2
发帖数: 106 | 38 不管是马是驴，这个系列招牌很好认。
【在 h****1 的大作中提到】
:
: 网上扒的。好，现在就用这个吧。
| h****1
发帖数: 1084 | 39
正是，正是，是这个理儿。
【在 b******2 的大作中提到】
: 不管是马是驴，这个系列招牌很好认。
| w*****r
发帖数: 7106 | 40 这个也不disruptive, 也不是版务.
all
,
【在 d******e 的大作中提到】
: Word Story
: How shocked and offended will people be if you use this word? Well, that all
: depends on how you are using it and what you are referring to. Originally,
: bitch simply meant a female dog, and it still does. But around the year
: 1400, it gained currency as a disparaging term for a woman, originally
: specifically “a lewd or sensual woman,” and then more generally “a
: malicious or unpleasant woman.” The word is first found used this way in
: the Chester Plays of the 1400's, which has the line “Who callest thou
: queine, skabde bitch?,” translated by one writer into modern English as “
: Who are you calling a whore, you miserable bitch?” By the 1800's, bitch
| | | d******e
发帖数: 4192 | 41 Word Story
How shocked and offended will people be if you use this word? Well, that all
depends on how you are using it and what you are referring to. Originally,
bitch simply meant a female dog, and it still does. But around the year
1400, it gained currency as a disparaging term for a woman, originally
specifically “a lewd or sensual woman,” and then more generally “a
malicious or unpleasant woman.” The word is first found used this way in
the Chester Plays of the 1400's, which has the line “Who callest thou
queine, skabde bitch?,” translated by one writer into modern English as “
Who are you calling a whore, you miserable bitch?” By the 1800's, bitch
was considered “the most offensive appellation that can be given to an
English woman,” to the point where people started using euphemisms for the
literal sense, such as lady dog and she dog.
But language keeps evolving, and bitch can now also be applied to a man, to
a complaint, and to any difficult or unpleasant thing or situation. Used as
a verb, we can talk about complaining (“bitching and moaning”), or
bungling things (“bitching something up”), or riding in an uncomfortable
position in a car (“sitting bitch”). When used in any of these ways, it's
more slang than vulgarity, more colorful interjection than cause for offense
. Nevertheless, care must be taken—there is a big difference between
bitching about somebody and calling them a bitch! (Though it's O.K. to
call their female dog that.)
Popular References
— The BITCH Manifesto: Classic feminist article (1970) written by Jo
Freeman under the pen name Joreen. It reclaimed the word “bitch” as a term
of empowerment rather than one of abuse.
— Bitch: A feminist magazine commenting on popular culture and media,
founded in 1996.
—Bitch: The stage name of a politically outspoken female rock vocalist/
violinist and actress.
— Skinny Bitch: A diet book (2005) written by Rory Freedman and Kim
Barnouin.
— No One's the Bitch: A book (2009), Web site, and forum that supports
mother and stepmother relationships. Started by Jennifer Newcomb Marine and
Carol Marine.
—Stitch 'n Bitch: A network of groups of people who knit and crochet.
Citations
“The rogues slighted me into the river with as little remorse as they would
have drowned a bitch's blind puppies.”
—Falstaff, Merry Wives of Windsor, act III, scene V , William Shakespeare (
1602) http://books.google.com/books?id=Znk0AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA138&dq=a+bitch%27s+blind+puppies&hl=en&ei=G0YOTeiSLcOC8ga14qSTCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=a%20bitch%27s%20blind%20puppies&f=false
“We're all nervous as a wolf bitch in heat.”
—Paul Engle, “The Last Whiskey Cup,” The Great American Parade, ed. H. J.
Duteil (1935) http://books.google.com/books?id=S2ku4oO48x8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=The+great+american+parade&source=bl&ots=HQBLrjM1th&sig=-p5tQz2isii23n0q_bpQFdp_e4c&hl=en&ei=xSAhTbyaMcSAlAfW9fDHBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CB4Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q&f=false
“Bitch: … the most offensive appellation that can be given to an English
woman, even more provoking than that of whore, as may be gathered from the
regular Billinsgate or St. Giles's answers, ‘I may be a whore, but can't be
a bitch.’”
—Francis Grose, Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (1785) http://books.google.com/books?id=RyVKAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA13&dq=%22the+most+offensive+appellation%22&hl=en&ei=1DgOTeLIHsL48AaCx9zNDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CEYQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=%22the%20most%20offensive%20appellation%22&f=false
“The bitch that I mean is not a dog.”
—English proverbial saying, Gnomologia: Adagies and Proverbs; Wise
Sentences and Witty Sayings, Ancient and Modern, Foreign and British, Thomas
Fuller (1732) http://books.google.com/books?id=3y8JAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA189&dq=%22the+bitch+that+I+mean+is+not+a+dog%22&hl=en&ei=oTQOTfmrI4us8AaS9I3sBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CD4Q6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=%22the%20bitch%20that%20I%20mean%20is%20not%20a%20dog%22&f=false
“Kind of a Bitch: Why I Like Hillary Clinton”
—Camille Paglia, Vamps & Tramps: New Essays (1995) http://www.amazon.com/Vamps-Tramps-Essays-Camille-Paglia/dp/0679751203
“He's my bitch, and when he says my name, we just sell that many more
records.”
—David Lee Roth, talking about Sammy Hagar, Everybody Wants Some: The Van
Halen Saga, Ian Christe (2007) http://books.google.com/books?id=RUsfiiCWvLkC&pg=PT116&dq=%22he%27s+my+bitch%22&hl=en#v=onepage&q=%22he%27s%20my%20bitch%22&f=false
“I liked the idea of having me a kept senator. You might say he's my bitch.
”
—Stanford Diehl, Angel in the Front Room, Devil Out Back (2001) http://www.amazon.com/Angel-Front-Room-Devil-Back/dp/1563526433
“What a bitch of a thing prose is! It is never finished, there is always
something to be done over.”
—Gustave Flaubert, in a letter to Louise Colet, The Selected Letters of
Gustave Flaubert, ed. and transl. Francis Steegmuller (1953) http://www.amazon.com/Selected-Letters-Gustave-Flaubert-Steegmuller/dp/B000L7GLT6
“Sometimes you just have to stop and bitch about the roses.”
—Man to woman, in a cartoon by Christopher Weyant, The New Yorker (December
20, 2004)
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bitch (bɪtʃ)
— n
1.
a female dog or other female canine animal, such as a wolf
2.
offensive , slang a malicious, spiteful, or coarse woman
3.
slang a complaint
4.
slang a difficult situation or problem
5.
slang a person who acts as a subordinate or slave to another person
— vb (often foll by up )
6.
( intr ) to complain; grumble
7.
to behave (towards) in a spiteful or malicious manner
8.
to botch; bungle
[Old English bicce ]
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Word Origin & History
bitch
O.E. bicce, probably from O.N. bikkjuna "female of the dog" (also fox, wolf,
and occasionally other beasts), of unknown origin. Grimm derives the O.N.
word from Lapp pittja, but OED notes that "the converse is equally possible.
" As a term of contempt applied to women, it dates from c.1400; of a man,
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Slang Dictionary
bitch definition
n.
an unpleasant or irritating female. (Rude and derogatory. See the complete
list of all entries with bitch in the Index of Hidden Key Words.) : How can
anyone be expected to deal with a bitch like that?
in.
to complain. (Usually objectionable.) : Oh, stop bitching! I'm sick of
hearing your noise.
n.
a complaint. (Usually objectionable.) : I've got a bitch about this new
foreman.
n.
a difficult thing or person. (Usually objectionable.) : This algebra
problem is a real bitch.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears
.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Slang
bitch so off bitch sth up bitch box bitch of a so/sth bitch out bitch
session
bitch slammer bull bitch bush bitch Life's a bitch, then you die pitch a
bitch real bitch | d******e
发帖数: 4192 | | h****1
发帖数: 1084 | 43
你折腾个啥？也开始狡辩了？你这样对seeU有啥好处？
【在 d******e 的大作中提到】
: 读读第一段,SEEU是基本正确的.
| b**d
发帖数: 7644 | 44 你觉得她真在帮SeeU呀？她老人家这是在借SeeU打击她自己不喜欢的人。
【在 h****1 的大作中提到】
:
: 你折腾个啥？也开始狡辩了？你这样对seeU有啥好处？
| d******e
发帖数: 4192 | 45 there is a big difference between
bitching about somebody and calling them a bitch!
看到了吗?
有人在这里CALL 别人BITCH, 和原来那个第一次用这个BITCHING 就是不太善意的抱怨
的意思是不一样的.
叫人家BITCH是一种羞辱,我知道,SON of bitch 是严重的骂人的话,就是说杂种的意思.
但是说BITCH好象还是很经常用的,就是说这人很次的意思.
【在 h****1 的大作中提到】
:
: 你折腾个啥？也开始狡辩了？你这样对seeU有啥好处？
| T*******y
发帖数: 6523 | 46 hehe, "基本正确"?
You have a very clear standard on what is right and what is wrong, right?
Can you simply say whether SeeU is right or wrong in judging this word usage
and/or in handling the situation? Don't use "almost" oh.
【在 d******e 的大作中提到】
: 读读第一段,SEEU是基本正确的.
| b**d
发帖数: 7644 | 47 你觉得shit是很常用的吗？告诉你，这个是非常坏的词。小孩子绝对不能说的。
思.
【在 d******e 的大作中提到】
: there is a big difference between
: bitching about somebody and calling them a bitch!
: 看到了吗?
: 有人在这里CALL 别人BITCH, 和原来那个第一次用这个BITCHING 就是不太善意的抱怨
: 的意思是不一样的.
: 叫人家BITCH是一种羞辱,我知道,SON of bitch 是严重的骂人的话,就是说杂种的意思.
: 但是说BITCH好象还是很经常用的,就是说这人很次的意思.
| d******e
发帖数: 4192 | 48 他的JUDGING是对的,
他的HANDLING不太合适,我个人觉得他不够冷静,智慧,圆滑.
你们这么多人对付他一个,真下得了手啊.
usage
【在 T*******y 的大作中提到】
: hehe, "基本正确"?
: You have a very clear standard on what is right and what is wrong, right?
: Can you simply say whether SeeU is right or wrong in judging this word usage
: and/or in handling the situation? Don't use "almost" oh.
| b*****l
发帖数: 3821 | 49 要不你把你的研究BITCH的心得教教你女儿？
看看你愿不愿意教？ 这是一个很容易验证的标准。
思.
【在 d******e 的大作中提到】
: there is a big difference between
: bitching about somebody and calling them a bitch!
: 看到了吗?
: 有人在这里CALL 别人BITCH, 和原来那个第一次用这个BITCHING 就是不太善意的抱怨
: 的意思是不一样的.
: 叫人家BITCH是一种羞辱,我知道,SON of bitch 是严重的骂人的话,就是说杂种的意思.
: 但是说BITCH好象还是很经常用的,就是说这人很次的意思.
| d******e
发帖数: 4192 | 50 你真逗,这个算什么标准啊.
人不可能生活在真空里的,我还用教啊.
小孩不会查字典啊,现在很多很POP的小孩书都用很多SLANG啊,
越是BESTＳＥＬＬＥＲ用得越多了,ＢＩＴＣＨＩＮＧ肯定有的.
还好,我女儿有鉴别能力的,就是牛!
别这样那样找SＥＥＵ的毛病了,再换个别的查儿找吧．
你们也HＩＧＨ够了吧，还天天MＡＫＥ呢,就是MＥＡＮ．
【在 b*****l 的大作中提到】
: 要不你把你的研究BITCH的心得教教你女儿？
: 看看你愿不愿意教？ 这是一个很容易验证的标准。
:
: 思.
| | | b**d
发帖数: 7644 | 51 不要说肯定有。 例如哪本有呢？俺都说啦。shit都是不被允许的，更不要说bitch啦。
【在 d******e 的大作中提到】
: 你真逗,这个算什么标准啊.
: 人不可能生活在真空里的,我还用教啊.
: 小孩不会查字典啊,现在很多很POP的小孩书都用很多SLANG啊,
: 越是BESTＳＥＬＬＥＲ用得越多了,ＢＩＴＣＨＩＮＧ肯定有的.
: 还好,我女儿有鉴别能力的,就是牛!
: 别这样那样找SＥＥＵ的毛病了,再换个别的查儿找吧．
: 你们也HＩＧＨ够了吧，还天天MＡＫＥ呢,就是MＥＡＮ．
| T*******y
发帖数: 6523 | 52 hehe, are you a person who'd do all the right things and cleanse all the
wrong-doings?
Could you kindly tell SeeU that 他的HANDLING不太合适, and why it is so? I
don't think that he is not 冷静 or 圆滑, but perhaps he is missing the other
thing.
"你们这么多人对付他一个,真下得了手啊." Do you "protect" (or intent to
protect) him because he's alone, or because you think that he's right? I
mean "completely right", not just "partially right" oh.
If you don't think that he's right, where is your often-claimed high
standard to behave?
Also, I can only speak for myself that I am not 对付他. I have done all that
I want to do or can do. However it turns out, I am glad to see.
【在 d******e 的大作中提到】
: 他的JUDGING是对的,
: 他的HANDLING不太合适,我个人觉得他不够冷静,智慧,圆滑.
: 你们这么多人对付他一个,真下得了手啊.
:
: usage
| b*****l
发帖数: 3821 | 53 儿童书里我从来没见到过的。
倒是知道一些不好的社区，在街头的小孩，这些话是学的很早。
家教好的美国人，连shit都不许说，实在急了，也只是说个shoot或者长音的sheet.
归根究底，这就是个家教问题。
【在 b**d 的大作中提到】
: 不要说肯定有。 例如哪本有呢？俺都说啦。shit都是不被允许的，更不要说bitch啦。
| d******e
发帖数: 4192 | 54 不管你怎么跑题,人家原来的贴BITCHING没什么大问题.
你又把我女儿引出来,我还认真地和你聊了,没有恶意的.
你再来这样总结一翻,真没必要的.
你可能就见过儿童书吧,青少年的书俺们提前读了不行啊.
你对文学出版的现状真是不了解.
我当然知道用SHOOT了.我又不是没有听见过.
【在 b*****l 的大作中提到】
: 儿童书里我从来没见到过的。
: 倒是知道一些不好的社区，在街头的小孩，这些话是学的很早。
: 家教好的美国人，连shit都不许说，实在急了，也只是说个shoot或者长音的sheet.
: 归根究底，这就是个家教问题。
| N*******n
发帖数: 348 | 55 这些全是他自己的选择：是他自己乱删贴，是他自己要乱封人，是他自己从来不肯认错
，是他自己要贴那些佛经自诩高尚教育别人。有句话叫：己所不欲，勿施于人。你要别
人对你nice,你首先要对别人nice.
【在 d******e 的大作中提到】
: 他的JUDGING是对的,
: 他的HANDLING不太合适,我个人觉得他不够冷静,智慧,圆滑.
: 你们这么多人对付他一个,真下得了手啊.
:
: usage
| d******e
发帖数: 4192 | 56 他判断原贴用BITCHING不算是恶意攻击,这是对的,尽管原发贴人,BIGWOLF
有不冷静的言辞,我就是说ＢＩＧＷＯＬＦ并没使用脏话.
而这些,不停在这里和版主说名词,或者简短动词的人却根本就是不同的用意.
就算这些人是来逗班主玩的吧，班主要是不太在意也就没什么关系.
为什么ＢＩＧＷＯＬＦ说了词,就被人纠缠成这样呢?
这个真的和班主是否自欺关系还不那么大.
从这些事情，我也和你一样，学到不少东西.
other
【在 T*******y 的大作中提到】
: hehe, are you a person who'd do all the right things and cleanse all the
: wrong-doings?
: Could you kindly tell SeeU that 他的HANDLING不太合适, and why it is so? I
: don't think that he is not 冷静 or 圆滑, but perhaps he is missing the other
: thing.
: "你们这么多人对付他一个,真下得了手啊." Do you "protect" (or intent to
: protect) him because he's alone, or because you think that he's right? I
: mean "completely right", not just "partially right" oh.
: If you don't think that he's right, where is your often-claimed high
: standard to behave?
| d******e
发帖数: 4192 | 57 我说了他不老练.
他在这里因为他的观点和你们不一样，就应该被赋予这种恶报吗？
你们对他太挑剔了.
【在 N*******n 的大作中提到】
: 这些全是他自己的选择：是他自己乱删贴，是他自己要乱封人，是他自己从来不肯认错
: ，是他自己要贴那些佛经自诩高尚教育别人。有句话叫：己所不欲，勿施于人。你要别
: 人对你nice,你首先要对别人nice.
| f*********i
发帖数: 660 | 58 Don't bitch !
all
,
【在 d******e 的大作中提到】
: Word Story
: How shocked and offended will people be if you use this word? Well, that all
: depends on how you are using it and what you are referring to. Originally,
: bitch simply meant a female dog, and it still does. But around the year
: 1400, it gained currency as a disparaging term for a woman, originally
: specifically “a lewd or sensual woman,” and then more generally “a
: malicious or unpleasant woman.” The word is first found used this way in
: the Chester Plays of the 1400's, which has the line “Who callest thou
: queine, skabde bitch?,” translated by one writer into modern English as “
: Who are you calling a whore, you miserable bitch?” By the 1800's, bitch
| d******e
发帖数: 4192 | 59 ｆｉｎｅ，ｗｈｏ ｃａｒｅｓ？
【在 f*********i 的大作中提到】
: Don't bitch !
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| N*******n
发帖数: 348 | 60 不是观点不一样，而是他做得不合理。水王又不学佛，有什么跟他观点不一样？
你看是恶报，可人家不一定这样看。没准他还偷着乐呢。
【在 d******e 的大作中提到】
: 我说了他不老练.
: 他在这里因为他的观点和你们不一样，就应该被赋予这种恶报吗？
: 你们对他太挑剔了.
| | | h****1
发帖数: 1084 | 61
不是吧。她就是帮seeU打架，也不管seeU该不该挨打。
【在 b**d 的大作中提到】
: 你觉得她真在帮SeeU呀？她老人家这是在借SeeU打击她自己不喜欢的人。
| h****1
发帖数: 1084 | 62
大家都知道阿。
哪个CALL 别人BITCH？
思.
【在 d******e 的大作中提到】
: there is a big difference between
: bitching about somebody and calling them a bitch!
: 看到了吗?
: 有人在这里CALL 别人BITCH, 和原来那个第一次用这个BITCHING 就是不太善意的抱怨
: 的意思是不一样的.
: 叫人家BITCH是一种羞辱,我知道,SON of bitch 是严重的骂人的话,就是说杂种的意思.
: 但是说BITCH好象还是很经常用的,就是说这人很次的意思.
| h****1
发帖数: 1084 | 63
大家为他好，你就别心不净了。
【在 d******e 的大作中提到】
: 他的JUDGING是对的,
: 他的HANDLING不太合适,我个人觉得他不够冷静,智慧,圆滑.
: 你们这么多人对付他一个,真下得了手啊.
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: usage
| h****1
发帖数: 1084 | 64
你是说你那黄毛小丫头比大斑竹有鉴别能力的？
【在 d******e 的大作中提到】
: 你真逗,这个算什么标准啊.
: 人不可能生活在真空里的,我还用教啊.
: 小孩不会查字典啊,现在很多很POP的小孩书都用很多SLANG啊,
: 越是BESTＳＥＬＬＥＲ用得越多了,ＢＩＴＣＨＩＮＧ肯定有的.
: 还好,我女儿有鉴别能力的,就是牛!
: 别这样那样找SＥＥＵ的毛病了,再换个别的查儿找吧．
: 你们也HＩＧＨ够了吧，还天天MＡＫＥ呢,就是MＥＡＮ．
| h****1
发帖数: 1084 | 65
大家帮seeU认识错，你老bitching各啥？
【在 d******e 的大作中提到】
: 不管你怎么跑题,人家原来的贴BITCHING没什么大问题.
: 你又把我女儿引出来,我还认真地和你聊了,没有恶意的.
: 你再来这样总结一翻,真没必要的.
: 你可能就见过儿童书吧,青少年的书俺们提前读了不行啊.
: 你对文学出版的现状真是不了解.
: 我当然知道用SHOOT了.我又不是没有听见过.
| h****1
发帖数: 1084 | 66
对。
【在 N*******n 的大作中提到】
: 这些全是他自己的选择：是他自己乱删贴，是他自己要乱封人，是他自己从来不肯认错
: ，是他自己要贴那些佛经自诩高尚教育别人。有句话叫：己所不欲，勿施于人。你要别
: 人对你nice,你首先要对别人nice.
| h****1
发帖数: 1084 | 67
你咋还在不停的bitching阿？
【在 d******e 的大作中提到】
: 他判断原贴用BITCHING不算是恶意攻击,这是对的,尽管原发贴人,BIGWOLF
: 有不冷静的言辞,我就是说ＢＩＧＷＯＬＦ并没使用脏话.
: 而这些,不停在这里和版主说名词,或者简短动词的人却根本就是不同的用意.
: 就算这些人是来逗班主玩的吧，班主要是不太在意也就没什么关系.
: 为什么ＢＩＧＷＯＬＦ说了词,就被人纠缠成这样呢?
: 这个真的和班主是否自欺关系还不那么大.
: 从这些事情，我也和你一样，学到不少东西.
:
: other
| h****1
发帖数: 1084 | 68
歇。你也太差劲了。对斑竹一点责任心都没有。
【在 d******e 的大作中提到】
: 我说了他不老练.
: 他在这里因为他的观点和你们不一样，就应该被赋予这种恶报吗？
: 你们对他太挑剔了.
| f*********i
发帖数: 660 | 69 You bitch again. Stop bitching!
【在 d******e 的大作中提到】
: 我说了他不老练.
: 他在这里因为他的观点和你们不一样，就应该被赋予这种恶报吗？
: 你们对他太挑剔了.
| l*****g
发帖数: 408 | 70
阿妹，要nice。
【在 f*********i 的大作中提到】
: You bitch again. Stop bitching!
| | | l*****a
发帖数: 38403 | 71 嗯嗯，“there is a big difference between
bullshiting about somebody and calling them a bullshit”
思.
【在 d******e 的大作中提到】
: there is a big difference between
: bitching about somebody and calling them a bitch!
: 看到了吗?
: 有人在这里CALL 别人BITCH, 和原来那个第一次用这个BITCHING 就是不太善意的抱怨
: 的意思是不一样的.
: 叫人家BITCH是一种羞辱,我知道,SON of bitch 是严重的骂人的话,就是说杂种的意思.
: 但是说BITCH好象还是很经常用的,就是说这人很次的意思.
| f*********i
发帖数: 660 | 72 She bitches again.
【在 l*****g 的大作中提到】
:
: 阿妹，要nice。
| l*****g
发帖数: 408 | 73
阿妹，要乖，要有辨别力还是识别力啥的。
【在 f*********i 的大作中提到】
: She bitches again.
| b******2
发帖数: 106 | 74 你试了多少个头像啊？
【在 l*****g 的大作中提到】
:
: 阿妹，要乖，要有辨别力还是识别力啥的。
| h****1
发帖数: 1084 | 75
不多，不多，还不是非常满意。
【在 b******2 的大作中提到】
: 你试了多少个头像啊？
| b******2
发帖数: 106 | 76 啥样你才满意，这个不错啊。
你是自己做的，还是网上扒的？
【在 h****1 的大作中提到】
:
: 不多，不多，还不是非常满意。
| h****1
发帖数: 1084 | 77
网上扒的。好，现在就用这个吧。
【在 b******2 的大作中提到】
: 啥样你才满意，这个不错啊。
: 你是自己做的，还是网上扒的？
| b******2
发帖数: 106 | 78 不管是马是驴，这个系列招牌很好认。
【在 h****1 的大作中提到】
:
: 网上扒的。好，现在就用这个吧。
| h****1
发帖数: 1084 | 79
正是，正是，是这个理儿。
【在 b******2 的大作中提到】
: 不管是马是驴，这个系列招牌很好认。
| w*****r
发帖数: 7106 | 80 这个也不disruptive, 也不是版务.
all
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【在 d******e 的大作中提到】
: Word Story
: How shocked and offended will people be if you use this word? Well, that all
: depends on how you are using it and what you are referring to. Originally,
: bitch simply meant a female dog, and it still does. But around the year
: 1400, it gained currency as a disparaging term for a woman, originally
: specifically “a lewd or sensual woman,” and then more generally “a
: malicious or unpleasant woman.” The word is first found used this way in
: the Chester Plays of the 1400's, which has the line “Who callest thou
: queine, skabde bitch?,” translated by one writer into modern English as “
: Who are you calling a whore, you miserable bitch?” By the 1800's, bitch
| | | y****n
发帖数: 1397 | 81
all
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范文推荐。
【在 d******e 的大作中提到】
: Word Story
: How shocked and offended will people be if you use this word? Well, that all
: depends on how you are using it and what you are referring to. Originally,
: bitch simply meant a female dog, and it still does. But around the year
: 1400, it gained currency as a disparaging term for a woman, originally
: specifically “a lewd or sensual woman,” and then more generally “a
: malicious or unpleasant woman.” The word is first found used this way in
: the Chester Plays of the 1400's, which has the line “Who callest thou
: queine, skabde bitch?,” translated by one writer into modern English as “
: Who are you calling a whore, you miserable bitch?” By the 1800's, bitch
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