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smupony94 wrote:

SMU2007 wrote:a swear word????????????????????????

ponyte wrote:Good thing the men's BB team won or we sure would have had something to whine about.

PK wrote:

SMU2007 wrote:a swear word????????????????????????

Only a problem when used as noun to describe a person. In the verb form, per Webster's dictionary, it has a totally different meaning, i.e., to complain.

verb (used without object)
7.
Slang . to complain; gripe: They bitched about the service, then about the bill.

Word Story
How shocked and offended will people be if you use this word? Well, that all depends on how you are using it and what you are referring to. Originally, [deleted] simply meant a female dog, and it still does. But around the year 1400, it gained currency as a disparaging term for a woman, originally specifically "a lewd or sensual woman," and then more generally "a malicious or unpleasant woman." The word is first found used this way in the Chester Plays of the 1400's, which has the line "Who callest thou queine, skabde [deleted]?," translated by one writer into modern English as "Who are you calling a whore, you miserable [deleted]?" By the 1800's, [deleted] was considered "the most offensive appellation that can be given to an English woman," to the point where people started using euphemisms for the literal sense, such as lady dog and she dog.
But language keeps evolving, and [deleted] can now also be applied to a man, to a complaint, and to any difficult or unpleasant thing or situation. Used as a verb, we can talk about complaining ("[deleted] and moaning"), or bungling things ("[deleted] something up"), or riding in an uncomfortable position in a car ("sitting [deleted]"). When used in any of these ways, it's more slang than vulgarity, more colorful interjection than cause for offense. Nevertheless, care must be taken-there is a big difference between [deleted] about somebody and calling them a [deleted]! (Though it's O.K. to call their female dog that.)