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by jbinto 1104 days ago
20+ years of this handle online without problems, and I found out trying to sign up for Stern Pinball Insider that "bint" is a dirty word: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bint
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“I mean, if I went 'round saying I was an emperor, just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away!”
Really isn't, it's about the same as calling a woman a cow.
Wrong.

Usage varies, but "bint" more commonly is akin to "b*tch", and is used in a very coarse and derogatory manner.

Love how you're trying to justify degrees of acceptable misogynist terms, though /s

You yourself imply there are different degrees to how acceptable the two terms are.

Why else do you spell out one word but censor the other?

Yes, and your definition is by far the exception, not the rule. Maybe don't claim a definitive meaning when you're wrong to begin with.

One is much more likely to set off censors. Why do you feel the need to ask ridiculous questions? The word you use had already been said, censoring it would be meaningless -- whereas you ascertained the word I meant easily ;)

I’m not actually the first person you were talking to, so I didn’t give you any definition.

In fact, if you note, I’ve never actually used either word. I just refer to them obliquely.

"You yourself imply there are different degrees to how acceptable the two terms are."

I never claimed either were acceptable or unacceptable.

Interesting how you completely gloss over your needless language policing, especially when you - by your own admission -- haven't even used the terms in question (and presumably lack the nuance necessary to weigh in, despite jumping in anyway) shrug

Um? Here in the UK it's uncommon to hear it these days but it carries no special weight.

How come you're unwilling to spell the word bitch?