bitch-ass

== English == === Etymology === From bitch +‎ -ass. === Pronunciation === === Adjective === bitch-ass (comparative more bitch-ass, superlative most bitch-ass) (African-American Vernacular, slang, derogatory) Contemptible. (African-American Vernacular, slang, derogatory) Weak, cowardly; unmanly. === Noun === bitch-ass (plural bitch-asses) (African-American Vernacular, slang, derogatory) A contemptible person. === References === Cassell's Dictionary of Slang The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English Arthur K. Spears, "African-American Language Use: Ideology and So-Called Obscenity", in African-American English: Structure, History, and Use (ed. Salikoko S. Mufwene, John R. Rickford, Guy Bailey, & John Baugh), Routledge (1998), →ISBN