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Can we not use the word "bitchy"? (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Feb 2018 OP
Try "grumpy" or "sarcastic" or "mean" DBoon Feb 2018 #1
Don't use it njhoneybadger Feb 2018 #2
☝ This right here ☝ Cirque du So-What Feb 2018 #7
Say what you feel. Cattledog Feb 2018 #3
It might be safer if used on men folk like Limbaugh/Jones/Hannity. Corvo Bianco Feb 2018 #4
Context is the key, I believe. You used it as a synonym for complaining. Had you called Megan FSogol Feb 2018 #5
This message was self-deleted by its author left-of-center2012 Feb 2018 #6

njhoneybadger

(3,910 posts)
2. Don't use it
Fri Feb 23, 2018, 01:00 PM
Feb 2018

And don't get in any arguments about Bill Maher
And be careful how you approach sexual harrasment claims
Basically be careful of anything that could be interpreted as Misogyny

Cirque du So-What

(27,515 posts)
7. ☝ This right here ☝
Fri Feb 23, 2018, 02:10 PM
Feb 2018

I've even curtailed my use of 'hysterical' due to its etymological (Greek & Latin) inference that 'hysteria' was a condition peculiar to females due to their possession of a uterus.

Corvo Bianco

(1,148 posts)
4. It might be safer if used on men folk like Limbaugh/Jones/Hannity.
Fri Feb 23, 2018, 01:05 PM
Feb 2018

I've noticed a quiet falls over the room when I use it, so I'm guessing it offends some and I'm trying to use other words.

FSogol

(46,523 posts)
5. Context is the key, I believe. You used it as a synonym for complaining. Had you called Megan
Fri Feb 23, 2018, 01:11 PM
Feb 2018

McCain a bitch, it probably would have been hidden.

My 2 cents, not adjusted for inflation.

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