Bitch
What is a bitch? Today a bitch can have a lot of different meanings. The meaning of the word is defined by the context and tone with which it is spoken. The word bitch is used as a noun or as a verb. Depending on the part of speech, bitch is either negative or neutral.The word bitch dates back before the eleventh century. The first meaning bitch took was "the female of the dog" (OED). In the sentence "All dogs are well, I hope, and my favorite bitch" (OED Handy Andy), the word bitch is obviously referring to a female dog. A closely related definition is "The female of the fox, wolf, and occasionally of other beast; usually in combination with the name of the species." For example, ".... had been littered as bitch-wolves..."(OED Scott Monast). Here, the word bitch is referring to a female wolf. How would you like to be referred to as lewd or sensual? Another use of the word is just that, "Applied opprobriously to a woman; strictly a lewd or sensual woman". (OED) This meaning was very common in early literature. "Come out, th
How does a bitch look? Sometimes a person will look at another person and say that they look like a "bitch." There is no dictionary that states how to define a "bitch" by his/her looks. This description is used when a person tends to look unhappy or if they are mean to people that they do not even know. If you walk around a group of strangers looking at all of them like you hate them all, then they will probably say to themselves, "he/she looks like bitches." Today "bitch" has many new definitions. All of them originated as slang; however, they are accepted as if they were part of Proper English. The most common use for the word bitch is typically directed at either a man or a woman. When a person is referred to as a bitch it is usually because they have acted in an inappropriate manner according to the person calling them a bitch. "My teacher told me all my answers were wrong, what a bitch." Bitch is a universal word for negative actions. My friend Paul Dowling always says, "Why you gotta be a bitch, Boy?" He would talk to me like that whenever I had done som
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