bish

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: bǐsh, IPA(key): /bɪʃ/ Rhymes: -ɪʃ === Etymology 1 === Phonetic modification of bitch, based on black American speech. ==== Noun ==== bish (plural bishes) (slang) A minced oath (as a term of abuse). 2016 December 17, Saturday Night Live (comedy sketch), National Broadcasting Company: Kate McKinnon, playing Hillary Rodham Clinton, on a series of cue cards: I know you're an elector / And on December 19th... / You're supposed to vote for Donald Trump / But bish... / ...He cray[1] === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== bish (plural bishes) (British, slang, dated) A mistake. === Etymology 3 === Clipping of bishop. ==== Noun ==== bish (plural bishes) (slang, chiefly British or chess) A bishop. 1986, Blackadder TV series, Money (series 2 episode 4) BALDRICK: My Lord, the Bishop of Bath and Wells.BISHOP: (enters) The time has come, Blackadder!EDMUND: Oh, hello, Bish. ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 4 === ==== Noun ==== bish (uncountable) Synonym of bikh. === See also === bish bash bosh === Further reading === Eric Partridge (2005), “bish”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, volume 1 (A–I), London; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 164. === Anagrams === bihs, HSIB, Hibs == Hamer-Banna == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bíʃ/ === Adverb === bish only, alone === References === Petrollino, Sara (2016), A Grammar of Hamar: A South Omotic language of Ethiopia‎[2], Leiden University