bitching

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɪt͡ʃɪŋ/

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bitching (superlative bitchingest)

1. (slang) Excellent; outstanding.
   • 1982, Frank Zappa, Moon Zappa (lyrics and music), “Valley Girl”, in Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch:

     Encino is, like, so bitchin’

   • 2010, Bill Sambito, Justice Delivered, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 83:

     The car is an older model Chevy that we think is either a dark blue or black four-door sedan. Apparently, it runs rough but has a sweet set of rims and a bitching stereo system with huge speakers mounted in the trunk.

   • 2012, Joanne Rock, Full Surrender, Harlequin, →ISBN, page 156:

     Were there points for who could play the most bitching guitar riff?

   • 2019, Abbi Waxman, The Bookish Life of Nina Hill, Penguin, →ISBN, page 316:

     Besides, now Nina had a family. She had friends. She had money. She had a bitching car. She'd survived a terrifying drive in that bitching car, and there was nothing she couldn't do, or at least try to do.

2. (slang, less common) Awful, terrible.

   Just my bitching luck.

• bitchin', bitchin, bitchen

bitching

1. present participle and gerund of bitch

• Bitching Betty

bitching (plural bitchings)

1. (vulgar, colloquial) A spiteful criticism or complaint.
   • 1997, Gary Russell, Deadfall:

     Grierson's innocence – although Townsend would say it was naivety – was rather sweet and attractive amid the sour and petty bitchings of the other women.