bitch-ass
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Adjective edit
bitch-ass (comparative more bitch-ass, superlative most bitch-ass)
- (African-American Vernacular, slang, derogatory) Contemptible.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang, derogatory) Weak, cowardly; unmanly.
Noun edit
bitch-ass (plural bitch-asses)
- (African-American Vernacular, slang, derogatory) A contemptible person.
References edit
- Cassell's Dictionary of Slang
- The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English
- 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