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Bitch (slang) Bitch ( / bɪtʃ /) [ 1] is a pejorative slang word for a person, usually a woman. When applied to a woman or girl, it means someone who is belligerent, unreasonable, malicious, controlling, aggressive, or dominant. [ 2] When applied to a man or boy, bitch reverses its meaning and is a derogatory term for being subordinate, weak ...
The following is a list of religious slurs or religious insults in the English language that are, or have been, used as insinuations or allegations about adherents or non-believers of a given religion or irreligion, or to refer to them in a derogatory (critical or disrespectful), pejorative (disapproving or contemptuous), or insulting manner.
The 1929 silent film Desert Nights uses it to describe a wealthy female crook, and in The Broadway Melody, an angry Bessie Love calls a chorus girl a bimbo. The first use of its female meaning cited in the Oxford English Dictionary is dated 1929, from the scholarly journal American Speech, where the definition was given simply as "a woman".
For similar spellings, see Gyatt (disambiguation). Gyat is a term from African-American Vernacular English originally used in exclamation. In the 2020s, the word experienced a semantic shift and gained the additional meaning of "a person, usually a woman, with large buttocks and sometimes an hourglass figure". With slightly varying definitions, Gyat garnered virality on the social media ...
Bombshell (slang) The term bombshell is a forerunner to the term "sex symbol" used to describe popular women regarded as very attractive. [ 1][ 2] The Online Etymology Dictionary by Douglas Harper attests the usage of the term in this meaning since 1942. Bombshell has a longer history in its other, more general figurative meaning of a ...
On the Feb. 2 edition of Hoda & Jenna, the hosting duo puzzled over a popular Gen Z slang term — "babygirl" — that's making the rounds. Hoda and Jenna defined "babygirl" as having a specific ...
Beard (companion) Beard is a slang term, American in origin, describing a person who is used, knowingly or unknowingly, as a date, romantic partner (boyfriend or girlfriend), or spouse either to conceal infidelity or to conceal one's sexual orientation. [ 1][ 2] The term also refers, in some areas, to anyone who acted on behalf of another, in ...
Total Recall is a 1990 American science-fiction action film directed by Paul Verhoeven (pictured). Based on a 1966 short story by Philip K. Dick, the film stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rachel Ticotin, Sharon Stone, Ronny Cox, and Michael Ironside. It tells the story of Douglas Quaid (Schwarzenegger) and the shadow organization that tries to ...