Birched vs Bitched - What's the difference?
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(birch)
any of various trees of the genus Betula , native to countries in the Northern Hemisphere.
a hard wood taken from the birch tree, typically used to make furniture.
a stick, rod or bundle of twigs made from birch wood, used for punishment.
A birch-bark canoe.
to punish with a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch wood.
to punish as though one were using a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch wood.
(bitch)
A female dog or other canine. In particular one who has recently had puppies.
(vulgar, offensive) A despicable or disagreeable, aggressive person, often female.
* 1959 , William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch , page 70
* 1913 , D. H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers , I. iv. 60:
(vulgar, offensive) A submissive person, often female, who does what others want; a slave.
* 1999 September 23, Chris Sheridan, “This House Is Freakin’ Sweet”, “Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater”, Family Guy , season 2, episode 1, Fox Broadcasting Company
(obsolete, informal, of a man)
(humorous, colloquial, used with a possessive pronoun) Friend.
(colloquial) A complaint, especially when the complaint is unjustified.
(colloquial, usually only used in the singular) A difficult or confounding problem.
(colloquial) A queen (playing card), particularly the queen of spades in the card game of hearts.
(figurative) Something unforgiving and unpleasant.
To behave or act as a bitch.
To criticize spitefully, often for the sake of complaining rather than in order to have the problem corrected.
To spoil, to ruin.
* 1924 , (Ford Madox Ford), Some Do Not…'', Penguin 2012 (''Parade's End ), p. 162:
*:‘You're a Franco-maniac…You're thought to be a French agent…That's what's bitching your career!’
As verbs the difference between birched and bitched
is that birched is (birch) while bitched is (bitch).birched
English
Verb
(head)birch
English
(wikipedia birch)Noun
(es)Derived terms
* birch beer * birch bolete * birch bracket * birchlike * birch of Jamaica * * (l) * birch wine * birchy * (l) * cherry birch * (l) * oil of birch * paper birch * river birch * silver birch * (l) * yellow birchVerb
(es)Derived terms
* birchen * birch woodbitched
English
Verb
(head)bitch
English
Alternative forms
These are all slang and non-standard forms, used only for the insult (not the female animal): * biatch/biotch * beatch/beotch * biyatch/biyotch * beeyatch/beeyotch * bizatch/biznatchNoun
(es)- My bitch just had puppies: they're so cute!
- Ann gossiped about me and mocked my work; sometimes she can be a real bitch !
- HASSAN: "You cheap Factualist bitch ! Go and never darken my rumpus room again!"
- 'Look at the children, you nasty little bitch !' he sneered.
- Dude, don't be such a bitch . Assert yourself.
- Do you have to ask your man before you do everything? You must be the bitch in the relationship.
- Now that you're stinking rich, we'd gladly be your bitch .
- What’s up, my bitch ?
- How my bitches been doin'?
- Level 5 was a real bitch , don’t you think?
- That's a bitch of a question.
- Karma's a bitch .
Synonyms
* female (when the species is specified or implied) * cow, harpy, vixen, hellcat, hussy * bastard * * * (person in a relationship who is made to adopt a submissive role) doormat * (a complaint) gripe, grumble, kvetch, moan, whinge * (difficult or confounding problem) toughie, stinker, pain in the ass * (to talk about)Hyponyms
; female canine * vixen, a female fox * she-wolfDerived terms
* bitchcakes * bitchface * bitch fight * bitching * bitch slap * bitch switch * bitchy * bull-bitch * flip a bitch * life's a bitch * payback is a bitch, payback's a bitch * son of a bitch, sonofabitch * snitch bitchReferences
* Weisenberg, Michael (2000)The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523
Verb
(es)- All you ever do is bitch about the food I cook for you!