Thursday, February 09, 2006

Bitch

This is hysterical.

From Wikipedia:

A bitch is a female dog or other member of the canidae family. In colloquial use, the word bitch is often employed in a metaphorical sense to either insult a woman, or to describe one who is malicious, spiteful, domineering, intrusive, and/or unpleasant (it may also refer to an effeminate male). The former specialised meaning is retained and in widespread use among dog aficionados and breeders, but derogatory usage has become so prevalent in the last century that the term has acquired a profane connotation and is often considered unacceptable by broadcasting regulations and Standards & Practices manuals.

By extension, the adjective "bitchy" — unpleasant, fretful or querulous — and the verb "to bitch" — to complain, especially habitually and without any helpful intentions — are also used, although they are widely considered less offensive than the noun. The verb "to bitch" also has a slang definition: to humiliate or subjugate another, as in "Ali totally bitched Foreman during the Rumble in the Jungle". Neither the adjective or the verb are normally used in formal language.


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And it just gets better from there. You know, because they are not part of the formal English lexicon, dirty words are the most flexible in our language. I'm sure you've read at least a couple of missives on the multiple uses of the F-word; indeed, George Carlin was hitting on the topic back during the mid 70s. It's nice to note that such humor still works.

Actually, this is a fairly informative essay, too.

Pretty bitchin' if you ask me.

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