Dan Abel wrote:

> In article >,
> Joseph Littleshoes > wrote:
>
>
>>Peter-Lucas wrote:
>>
>>>Joseph Littleshoes wrote:
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>>>
>>>
>>>>The mere fact that 2 such obviously male contributors would be
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>>>referred
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>>>>to (collectively or singularly) as "bitch" tell me more about the
>>>>author of the usage than i really care to know
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Oh *really*????
>
>
>>Besides, out side of the '***' community, how many men refer to other
>>men as a "bitch"? Ok, outside of the *** men's community and a penal
>>colony
>
>
> It's hard to keep up with contemporary usage of words, especially ones
> that I don't use, but this dictionary:
>
> http://onlineslangdictionary.com/definition+of/bitch
>
> gives:
>
> "a well-meaning greeting, usually between men. Also bitch-face.
>
> What's up, bitch?
>
> What's up, bitch-face?"
>
> among its 14 definitions of the noun.
>
> Also, slang is one of the first things to get localized. Sometimes
> people in the US think they know the meaning of a word, but it can be
> used quite differently in other countries.
>

I move in canine circles where the terms bitch and stud are descriptive
nouns. Dog people do use "bitch" or "bitchy" as insults, though. Male
dogs will brawl but their fights end when one or the other goes belly-up
in submission. Bitch fights are much more vicious and often lethal.

There's an old saying in the dog world:

"Studs fight to breed. Bitches fight to breathe".