Timeline for Polite alternative to the term "bitch" when referring to a female dog
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| Oct 1, 2013 at 7:23 | comment | added | LexLythius | @Kris Thanks for the hint. Urban dictionary is pretty much about everything that doesn't get into regular dictionaries (see for example urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=locomotive). Anyway, I'll take your word in this case. | |
| Oct 1, 2013 at 6:36 | comment | added | Kris | @LexLythius urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=she-dog | |
| Sep 30, 2013 at 17:54 | comment | added | Giambattista | @LexLythius for domesticated dogs the term is bitch. You're right about Jack London and she-*wolf, but a wolf is a wild animal. | |
| Sep 30, 2013 at 17:23 | comment | added | LexLythius | @JohnQPublic Does she-dog actually sound worse than bitch? It certainly did not feel that way in Jack London's tale (it was just necessary to make a distinction with male wolves). Or maybe usage has changed quite a bit in time? On the other hand, I think she-man is pejorative because of the mismatch between those two words. | |
| Sep 30, 2013 at 17:17 | comment | added | LexLythius | @Matt Yes, I understand that difference. My point is that both expressions are about animals and only later were used to refer to people. | |
| Sep 30, 2013 at 15:17 | comment | added | Giambattista | @Kris is agree that it sounds much worse than bitch. It's sounds childish/cartoonish to me. Reminds me of He-Man. It also reminds me of the pejoratives she-man and he-she. | |
| Sep 30, 2013 at 6:58 | comment | added | Kris | That too seems to have negative connotations, if not worse than bitch. | |
| Sep 30, 2013 at 6:35 | comment | added | Matt | "Kid", when used to describe children, is generally not pejorative though. On the other hand, "bitch", when referring to women, is almost always grossly offensive. | |
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| Sep 30, 2013 at 3:07 | history | answered | LexLythius | CC BY-SA 3.0 |