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See also: Bish
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Phonetic modification of bitch, based on black American speech.
Noun
[edit]bish (plural bishes)
- (slang) A minced oath (as a term of abuse).
- 2016 December 17, Saturday Night Live (comedy sketch), National Broadcasting Company:
- Kate McKinnon, playing Hillary Rodham Clinton, on a series of cue cards: I know you're an elector / And on December 19th... / You're supposed to vote for Donald Trump / But bish... / ...He cray[1]
- 2016 December 17, Saturday Night Live (comedy sketch), National Broadcasting Company:
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]bish (plural bishes)
- (British, slang, dated) A mistake.
- 1951, Anthony Buckeridge, Jennings Follows a Clue, →ISBN, page 41:
- What on earth was the matter with him? He never made bishes like this during PT!
- 1952, Anthony Buckeridge, Jennings and Darbishire, London, Glasgow: Collins, page 64:
- "You — you don't mean you've made a bish of it?" [said Darbishire]
Etymology 3
[edit]Clipping of bishop.
Noun
[edit]bish (plural bishes)
- (chiefly British, slang) A bishop.
- 1927, P. G. Wodehouse, “The Bishop's Move”, in Meet Mr Mulliner:
- 'It's all right, bish,' said Augustine.
'All—all right?' faltered the bishop.
- 1986, Blackadder TV series, Money (series 2 episode 4)
- BALDRICK: My Lord, the Bishop of Bath and Wells.
BISHOP: (enters) The time has come, Blackadder!
EDMUND: Oh, hello, Bish.
- BALDRICK: My Lord, the Bishop of Bath and Wells.
- 2017, Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones, We Know All about You, page 1:
- 'The Bishop of Bangor called.' My father and the bish were pals. 'He has received a strange request from the security service.'
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 4
[edit]Noun
[edit]bish (uncountable)
- Synonym of bikh
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Eric Partridge (2005) “bish”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, volume 1 (A–I), London, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 164.
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