Reply #163: I think you unwittingly made a very salient point... [View All]

[Atman]

YOU think "bitch-slap" means one thing. Many posters disagree, and think it means another. If no one can even agree on the meaning of the term, how can we expect universal agreement on whether or not a particular person is intending it to be taken a particular way? The word clearly has multiple dictionary definitions, and only one of them is gender-specific. Why is THAT the definition the one that should be codified as "the" definition? If EVERYONE educated themselves on the meaningS of the word -- "bitch" haters and "bitch" lovers alike -- we wouldn't be here bitching about it. Life's a bitch! What can I say?

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