son of a bitch
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.64 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
1
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An objectionable, despicable person.
Canadian usage; American usage; Derogatory; Offensive; Slang
noun
A suffering person deemed deserving of compassion.
Example Sentences
- "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son of a bitch."
- "Those sons of bitches don’t stand a chance."
- "There's that snarling cur, and son of a Bitch Boccaline."
- "He had the insolence obliquely to give me the name of Son of a Bitch."
- "[…] Count Davia, like a Son of a Bitch as he is, Chop'd upon mine and the Duke of Mantuu's Equipage, and rubb'd off with our Plate, Jewels, and other Knicknacks of Inestimable Value."
- "But ya ought to thank me, before I die / For the gravel in ya guts and the spit in ya eye / Because I'm the son-of-a-bitch that named you Sue"
Etymology
Alteration of an earlier phrase represented by Middle English biche-sone (“son of a bitch”, literally “bitch's son”), calqued from Old Norse bikkju-sonr (“son of a bitch”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: bichesone, bikkjusonr