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bitching, a. and int. and adv. slang (orig. and chiefly U.S.).
Brit. |ˈbɪtʃɪŋ|, U.S. |ˈbɪtʃɪŋ|
Forms: 19– bitchen, 19– bitching, 19– bitchn
[Probably ‹bitch v.2 + -ing suffix2, though compare slightly later son-of-a-bitching adj. at son of a bitch n. Derivatives]
A. adj. and int.1. Expressing anger, frustration, or contempt: unpleasant, hellish, despicable. Used esp. as an intensifier.
1929E. Dahlberg Bottom Dogs viii. 148 Now, bitchin' fool, pay fer me! 1956T. Ronan Moleskin Midas 106 This bitchin' country is going to the dogs. 1962A. Curnow Small Room with Large Windows in Early Days Yet (1997) 177 A bad bitching squall Thrashes the old pines, has them twitching Root and branch, rumouring a Götterdämmerung. 1989D. A. Hackworth & J. Sherman About Face i. vii. 198 We drove..in a bitching snowstorm. 1997M. Ravenhill Shopping & Fucking (rev. ed.) vii. 37 Fuck it. This selling. This buying. This system. Fuck the bitching world and let's be..[ellipsis in text] beautiful. Beautiful. And happy.
2. Expressing admiration, approval, or enthusiasm: great, excellent, wonderful; very attractive or appealing, fashionable. Also as int.
For similar reversals of meaning in disapproving or negative terms, cf. bad adj. IV., wicked adj.1 3b.
1957F. Kohner Gidget i. 10 It was a bitchen day too. The sun was out and all that, even though it was near the end of November. 1967W. Murray Sweet Ride vi. 88 Choo Choo, you're boss! Fab! Gear! Bitchin'! 1982A. Lane & M. Crawford Vals (film script for ‘Valley Girl’) (rev. draft) 4 Tommy is like such a hunk, I just can't stand it! Like he's just so bitchin'. 1987M. Flanagan Trust xxv. 242 And dere you are smiling at me and sitting with those bitchin' legs of yours spread all over. 1992M. Bishop Count Geiger's Blues xxi. 101 Get somebody else to write about UC and the three bitching new additions to Tim Bowman's trailblazing list of stalwarts. 1999A. Payne & J. Taylor Election (film script) (stage direct.) Paul is in the driver's seat of his bitching big-wheeled pickup truck.
B. adv. As an intensifier: very, extremely, hellishly.
1929E. Dahlberg Bottom Dogs xiii. 224 It was a bitchin' raw deal. 1971L. Bangs Psychotic Reactions (1987) ii. 53 There was once a gang that was so bitchin' bad that they woulda cut them dudes down to snotnose crybabies. 1993D. Lamb Sense of Place 32 It's bitchin' hot, ain't it? |