Bitch

From Homolexis Glossary

Deriving from the Old English bicce, a female dog, the word was employed as a derogatory term for a woman, especially a prostitute, as early as 1400 CE. The application to male homosexuals is documented from the 1920s. While the use of this epithet is widely condemned by feminists and others, it is unlikely to disappear. It figures in the trope of Animals.

With regard to gay men, bitch designates one of the varieties of the queen type. Cynicism, vindictiveness, malicious gossip and putdowns, together with extravagant displays of “attitude” characterize bitchiness. It is related to camp, except that the latter phenomenon is generally good humored and self-deprecating.

In prison slang a bitch is the regular sexual partner of an aggressive jock.