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English word origin

Etymology of bitca

From an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer in which a character mishears an oral spelling of the word "bitch". * 1997 September 15, “When She Was Bad”, in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, season 2, episode 1, spoken by Xander

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noun

Alternative form of bitch.

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From an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer in which a character mishears an oral spelling of the word "bitch". * 1997 September 15, “When She Was Bad”, in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, season 2, episode 1, spoken by Xander Harris (Nicholas Brendon): Willow: That's what it was! I mean, why else would she be acting like such a B-I-T-C-H? Giles: Willow, I think we're all a little too old to be spelling things out. Xander: A bitca?

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