biddy

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɪdi/ Rhymes: -ɪdi === Etymology 1 === Derived from Biddy, diminutive form of Bridget. It became a generic name for an Irish maid (US), and then for an old woman. ==== Noun ==== biddy (plural biddies) (derogatory) A woman, especially an old woman; especially one regarded as fussy or mean or a gossipy busybody. 1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure That Mich drag Loretta sent me about 10 pictures of her so I wouldn't think her a "decrepit old lady." But too bad—she looked like someone's biddy aunt. (uncommon) An attractive girl. (archaic, colloquial) An Irish maidservant. (by extension, derogatory) An Irishwoman. A name used in calling a hen or chicken, often as "biddy-biddy-biddy". ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Adjective ==== biddy (comparative more biddy, superlative most biddy) (US) Alternative spelling of bitty (“very small”). === Etymology 3 === From the phrase "tig biddies", derived from "big tiddies". ==== Noun ==== biddy (plural biddies) (Internet slang, in the plural) Breasts. 2005 Rejected: You Never Know What You're Gonna Get - Page 29 It ain't like you ain't never seen these tig ole biddies before.