Wednesday, November 16, 2005

New Entry in the Lexicon

I like how "biotch" is quite popular nowadays. It's got a few spelling variations that may include "beeyotch" or "be-yotch," but you generally get the idea. I usually don't carry it in my repetoir ("craptacular" is a personal favorite of mine), but it's fun nonetheless.

As a take on a commonly held derogatory word, I think it's less patently offensive. And with the root word being more commonly accepted and used in more of a slangish way, the new variation carries little to no stigma whatsoever. In fact, it may be used more for comic effect than anything else. Not only does it signify the sort of hyper state of being, let us say, "crabby" (for the thin skinned at home), but it sounds funny. And we can always use more funny sounding words.

As far as useage goes, it's very expressive and, like the "F" bomb, can be used in a wide variety of situations:
As a greeting: "What up, biotch?"
As a statement: "Don't be such a biotch."
Frustrated cry: "This jar is a biotch to open!"
While playing Mario Cart: "That biotch cut me off!"
Notice how each useage is somewhat familiar, and while still expressing a certain sentiment, is nowhere near as inflamatory as it could be if the root were inserted.

So, go forth, my biotches, and spread the word.

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

It reminds me of the Irish tendency to make "softer" variants of cuss words. For example, it actually isn't at all impolite to say "feck off".

Thu Nov 17, 04:26:00 PM  

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