单词 | son of a bitch |
释义 | son of a bitchn.int.α. 1600s– son of a bitch, 1900s– sonofabitch, 1900s– sonovabitch, 1900s– sonuvabitch, 1900s– sunovabych. β. 1900s– sonabitch, 1900s– sonna bitch, 1900s– sonnenbitch, 1900s– sonsabitches (plural). colloquial. Now chiefly North American. A. n. 1. a. As a general term of abuse for a man. Cf. bitch-son n. at bitch n.1 Compounds 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > hatred > object of detestation (person or thing) > [noun] > loathsome or unpleasant person hateful1510 son of a ——?1576 son of a bitch1655 nuisance1661 obnoxity1851 oik1917 knob1920 putz1928 swipe1929 jack-off?1939 jagoff?1939 sumbitch1944 jerko1949 sonofa1950 bloody1960 weeny1964 dick1966 gross-out1966 wank1970 poison ivy1976 jerkwad1980 dickwad1983 dickweed1984 jerkweed1988 knob jockey1989 wankstain1990 ball sack1991 bawbag1999 dicksack1999 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear vii. 20 One that..art nothing but the composition of a knaue, begger, coward, pander, and the sonne and heire of a mungrell bitch. View more context for this quotation a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Coxcombe i. i. in Comedies & Trag. (1647) 100/1 They had no mothers, they are the sons of bitches.] 1655 Middlesex Session Rolls (London Metropolitan Archives: MJ/SR/1141) 278 Damaris Dry..to answere Richard Carter Headborough..yt she did..reuile him..Calling him ye sonn of a Bitch, asking him also where ye Bawd his mother was. 1665 J. B. tr. P. Scarron Comical Romance 8 The most cholerick of the two, turning towards the Marker: Son of a Bitch [Fr. Fils de chienne], said he, wherefore didst thou lend my clothes to that Puppet-player? c1675 Purgatorium Hibernicum (MS. 470, Nat. Libr. Ireland) 69 That cursed son of a bitch there, That ugly, foultool, greasy mitcher. 1702 J. Shirley Triumph of Wit (ed. 4) 215 There stands Jack Ketch, that Son of a Bitch, that owes us all a grudge. 1762 L. Sterne Let. 11 Jan. in Lett. 1739–64 (2009) 222 Phelps is a son of a Bitch for saying I was worse than when I left You for I am ten, nay 15 per Cents better. 1800 J. Sappington in T. Jefferson Notes Virginia 52 Logan's brother..attempted to strike him, saying ‘White man, son of a bitch.’ 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple II. xiv. 243 You burgoo-eating, pea-soup-swilling, trouser-scrubbing son of a bitch. 1929 E. Pound Let. 1 Feb. (1971) 224 The stinking sons-of-bitches who rot the country. 1951 J. D. Salinger Catcher in Rye iii. 30 Boy, I can't stand that sonuvabitch. 1987 A. Miller Timebends (1988) vi. 401 He was not terrible, he was a goddam sonabitch! 1996 C. Higson Getting Rid of Mr Kitchen vi. 71 You really are a pitiless son of a bitch, aren't you? 2010 J. Fielding Wild Zone ix. 101 I say you're a no-good son of a bitch, that's what I say. b. In neutral or approving contexts: a man, a fellow. Also used as a familiar, friendly, or ironic form of address.With use of 'tis in reference to a person in quot. 1697, compare it pron. 2c. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > man > [noun] churla800 werec900 rinkeOE wapmanc950 heOE wyeOE gomeOE ledeOE seggeOE shalkOE manOE carmanlOE mother bairnc1225 hemea1250 mother sona1250 hind1297 buck1303 mister mana1325 piecec1325 groomc1330 man of mouldc1330 hathela1350 sire1362 malea1382 fellowa1393 guestc1394 sergeant?a1400 tailarda1400 tulka1400 harlotc1405 mother's sona1470 frekea1475 her1488 masculinea1500 gentlemana1513 horse?a1513 mutton?a1513 merchant1549 child1551 dick1553 sorrya1555 knavea1556 dandiprat1556 cove1567 rat1571 manling1573 bird1575 stone-horse1580 loona1586 shaver1592 slave1592 copemate1593 tit1594 dog1597 hima1599 prick1598 dingle-dangle1605 jade1608 dildoa1616 Roger1631 Johnny1648 boy1651 cod1653 cully1676 son of a bitch1697 cull1698 feller1699 chap1704 buff1708 son of a gun1708 buffer1749 codger1750 Mr1753 he-man1758 fella1778 gilla1790 gloak1795 joker1811 gory1819 covey1821 chappie1822 Charley1825 hombre1832 brother-man1839 rooster1840 blokie1841 hoss1843 Joe1846 guy1847 plug1848 chal1851 rye1851 omee1859 bloke1861 guffin1862 gadgie1865 mug1865 kerel1873 stiff1882 snoozer1884 geezer1885 josser1886 dude1895 gazabo1896 jasper1896 prairie dog1897 sport1897 crow-eater1899 papa1903 gink1906 stud1909 scout1912 head1913 beezer1914 jeff1917 pisser1918 bimbo1919 bozo1920 gee1921 mush1936 rye mush1936 basher1942 okie1943 mugger1945 cat1946 ou1949 tess1952 oke1970 bra1974 muzhik1993 1697 T. D'Urfey Intrigues at Versailles 12 I knew one Gulchen, that us'd to carry Sacks to the Pinnace in our Dock at Rotterdam—just like him, 'tis a good lusty fore-handed well-set Son of a Bitch. 1925 Amer. Speech 1 139/1 Hi, you red-eyed son-of-a-bitch! How's the holy old rough side of your liver this mornin? 1951 E. Paul Springtime in Paris (U.K. ed.) xv. 294 ‘The son of a bitch is crazy,’ said, in soft English, but completely without malice or disapproval. 1958 J. Carew Wild Coast ix. 124 He was a drinking, whoring, kindly savage son-of-a-bitch. 1979 A. Hailey Overload (new ed.) iii. xiii. 258 Besides, the son-of-a-bitch had guts and was honest. 1995 P. Conroy Beach Music (1996) xxvi. 417 Grab the wheel, Mama, because I'm one annulled son of a bitch. 2014 N.Y. Observer (Nexis) 29 Sept. Don't ever change Chris Pratt, you beautiful sonofabitch. 2. As an abusive or (occasionally) admiring term for an animal, esp. a fierce, aggressive, or disobedient one. rare before 20th cent. ΚΠ 1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 5th Bk. Wks. vii. 30 We saw an overgrown curst mangy Curr with a pair of Heads, a Wolf's Belly, and Claws like the Devil of Hell. The Son of a Bitch was fed with Cost; for he liv'd on a Mulctiplicity of Fine Amonds. 1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle I. viii. 63 These sons of bitches of horses, which I had bought but two days before. 1909 Rep. Appellate Courts Illinois 141 177 The son of a bitch [sc. a dog] he bit me. 1992 Equinox Aug. 76/1 ‘He's a pointy-looking son of a bitch’, says a cowboy, admiring the tan brute. 2011 N.Y. Daily News (Nexis) 4 Feb. 5 That was so much better than having to reach in and let the little sonofabitch [sc. a groundhog] bite you. 3. As a term for a thing, esp. something contemptible or (in later use) something large or impressive; (also) a difficult or unpleasant task or situation. rare before 20th cent. ΚΠ 1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle I. xxxvi. 276 If so be that son of a bitch of a tree hadn't come athwart my weather-bow [etc.]. 1899 Pacific Reporter 56 98/2 It is a son of a bitch of a shame for to hit a man like that. 1939 J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath xx. 335 They's a big son-of-a-bitch of a peach orchard I worked in. 1957 J. Kerouac On the Road i. iv. 24 They gunned up the truck to seventy... ‘We been riding this sonofabitch since Des Moines.’ 1983 L. O'Connor Reporter in Sweet Chicago v. 132 It's a son of a bitch to be turning out this slop in the U.S. Army... It's a real son of a bitch. 2000 T. Clancy Bear & Dragon xxxv. 525 They're so different from us that reading their minds is a son of a bitch. 2017 D. Hunt & R. J. Pineiro Without Mercy xxii. 134 Patterson..spotted the runaway tanker... ‘That's one big son of a bitch.’ 4. As a term of abuse for a woman. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior person > [noun] > as abused > female visenagec1460 bitch-clout?a1475 harlot?c1500 tarleather1575 whipperginnie1593 brach1612 city wire1616 she-dog1624 cunt1663 faggot1722 son of a bitch1936 1936 H. Miller Black Spring 250 He got to working overtime in order to lay aside the little bribe which would make the frigid son of a bitch come across like a nymphomaniac. 1982 R. S. Reid Max Holly vi. 127 She's a real sonofabitch. B. int. Used as an expletive expressing anger, annoyance, surprise, etc. ΚΠ 1933 Follies Winter 31/2 ‘Your vocabulary is all right.’ ‘Sunovabych!’ 1953 W. S. Burroughs Junkie ii. 31 ‘Sonofabitch!’ she snarled. ‘They can tell when a woman isn't looking for a pickup.’ 1970 T. McNally ¡Cuba Si! in Three Plays 8 Son of a bitch, those buzzards got my goat. 1992 H. N. Schwarzkopf It doesn't take Hero x. 156 Something had been gnawing at me all day..and now all of a sudden it hit me. Son of a bitch! 2010 Canberra Times (Nexis) 30 Jan. a12 You suddenly blurted Son-of-a-bitch as if you had spotted a sniper. Phrases Used in comparisons or similes to emphasize strength, ferocity, speed, etc., esp. in like a son of a bitch. ΚΠ 1828 Lion 17 Oct. 511 He worked like a son of a bitch. 1953 W. S. Burroughs Junkie viii. 76 I hit Philly sick as a sonofabitch. 1976 New Yorker 15 Mar. 32/3 Well, I hit that bastard with my white fist and ran out of there like a sonuvabitch. 1990 R. Ludlum Bourne Ultimatum i. 5 Get out of here—run like a son of a bitch and find a telephone. 2005 Sandusky (Ohio) Reg. 27 Apr. b4 The car takes off like a son-of-a-bitch. Derivatives ˌson-of-a-ˈbitching adj. despicable, obnoxious, contemptible (used esp. as an intensifier). ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior person > [adjective] > as abused lousyc1386 greasya1529 mongrela1594 shake rotten1595 strummell-patch1600 thornbackly1605 toad-spotted1608 pissabed1643 shit-breeched1664 shit-breech1675 mole-catching1693 nine-eyed1694 poxya1758 cocksucking1872 bastard1877 motherfucking1890 son-of-a-bitching1902 so-and-so1929 mother-raping1932 zombie1937 chickenshit1940 pissy-arsed1940 bastarding1944 mother-loving1948 mothering1951 1902 Southwestern Reporter 69 876/1 I am going to kill that son of a bitching partner of mine. 1930 J. Dos Passos 42nd Parallel i. 101 Every sonofabitchin yellerleg in the State of Nevada. 1960 J. Kirkwood There must be Pony! i. 8 The meanest son-of-a-bitching parrot you could ever run up against. 2006 S. Lanning Harper's Bluff xl. 299 I'm gonna make good and sure that son-of-a-bitching father of his rots in the filthiest prison I can find. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.int.1655 |
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