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NPR |
This user listens to NPR. |
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This user is not a number, he is a free man. |
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This user plays the piano. |
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its & it’s |
This user understands the difference between its and it’s. So should you. |
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[edit] Bitchen (word)
From Partridge's Concise Dictionary of Slang and Uncoventional English:
bitchen [also bitching, bitchin'] adj [A violent perjorative.] Aus. mid C.19-20 Ronan Moleskin Midas 1956 "Wouldn't that be a bitchin' joke?" Perhaps originally euphemistic.
[edit] Alternate Spelling
This author feels that bitchen should be treated as adjective with the suffix "-en" that means "having been made to have the qualities of," like "golden", "frozen", "wolven", and "cloven". A negative to positive slang conversion like "bad" or "gnarly." Originated by California surfers (who brought us "tubular" and "gnarly" as wave descriptions).
This author also feels use of this word is not swearing or profane and that its resemblance to the expletive noted above, while etymological, is unfortunate.
[edit] Notable Usage
- Clearly in use by the time of Gidget
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