bitch-ass

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

bitch +‎ -ass

Pronunciation[edit]

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Adjective[edit]

bitch-ass (comparative more bitch-ass, superlative most bitch-ass)

  1. (African-American Vernacular, slang, derogatory) Contemptible.
  2. (African-American Vernacular, slang, derogatory) Weak, cowardly; unmanly.

Noun[edit]

bitch-ass (plural bitch-asses)

  1. (African-American Vernacular, slang, derogatory) A contemptible person.

References[edit]

  1. Cassell's Dictionary of Slang
  2. The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English
  3. Arthur K. Spears, "African-American Language Use: Ideology and So-Called Obscenity", in African-American English: Structure, History, and Use (ed. Salikoko S. Mufwene, John R. Rickford, Guy Bailey, & John Baugh), Routledge (1998), →ISBN