bish
See also: Bish
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: bǐsh, IPA(key): /bɪʃ/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪʃ
Noun
bish (plural bishes)
- (slang) A minced oath, a euphemism by phonetic modification of "bitch" (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
- 2016 December 17, Saturday Night Live (comedy sketch), National Broadcasting Company:
- (Britain, slang, dated) A mistake.
- 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]
- 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:
- (Britain, slang) Clipping of 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.'
- 1986, Blackadder TV series, Money (series 2 episode 4)
Noun
bish
- (chess) Abbreviation of bishop.
See also
- bish bash bosh
Further reading
- 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.
Anagrams
- Hibs, bihs