Timeline for What's the meaning of "bitching"?
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| Aug 31, 2022 at 23:27 | comment | added | Yosef Baskin | All we need, and cannot expect from a diary, is some break to separate the attitude from the gratitude: "I quit bitching—with grateful thanks..." | |
| Apr 26, 2012 at 13:45 | comment | added | FrustratedWithFormsDesigner | @moteutsch: Exactly. The phrase "I quit bitching with grateful thanks..." doesn't quite make sense. Did the speaker bitch/make complaints that contained grateful thanks, or did they do it in a grateful and thankful way? Did the speaker quit bitching/complaining, and THEN made an expression of gratitude that was separate from the bitching/complaining? | |
| Apr 26, 2012 at 13:41 | vote | accept | teenup | ||
| Apr 23, 2012 at 23:23 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | Given the context is sufficiently informal to allow use of the word "bitching", I see nothing in OP's quote that could reasonably be called an "error". Nor do I see anything remotely unclear about the meaning. | |
| Apr 23, 2012 at 22:20 | comment | added | moteutsch | If only there had been a comma after "I quit." Now that would have been an interesting sentence. | |
| Apr 19, 2012 at 19:54 | comment | added | Kevin | Yes, definitely means complaining in this context | |
| Apr 19, 2012 at 17:49 | history | answered | FrustratedWithFormsDesigner | CC BY-SA 3.0 |