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  • noun The characteristic of being bitchy.

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  • noun malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty

Etymologies

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bitchy +‎ -ness

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Examples

  • Last night, Project Runway wrapped its season with a windy, way too long finale that was packed with more back-and-forth bitchiness from the judges than actual fashion.

    Watercooler: Project Wrong Way Runway 2010

  • I've never liked McCoy--I think his bitchiness, which is supposed to be the funny cover-up of a tender heart, is instead too often veiled cruelty.

    Archive 2009-01-01 Fresca 2009

  • To me, I'd say all the bitchiness is a sign that things aren't nearly so moribund within the genre as some have claimed.

    Archive 2008-06-01 2008

  • I'm just not clear why Jaime's opinion is one worth reading, unless one is searching for a dose of bitchiness, which is eveident in this review.

    The Beginning of the End For WBA Jaime J. Weinman 2008

  • Gets me fired up for the weekend … cuz I own my own kind of bitchiness, too!

    Bitchin' about being a bitch. « 2008

  • Both shows start with the results of an actual business or challenge and it is uncanny how, in the face of those factual results, people still look to blame others, the circumstances, the economy, the weather, the "bitchiness" or some other failing of their partners or teammates.

    James M. Lynch: Simon Cowell: A True Friend 2009

  • Zztop: If you call being bothered by bigotry "bitchiness" I'll take that as a compliment.

    Jamie Johnson: The Rising Cachet of Declining Wasps: Jamie Johnson Johnson, Jamie 2008

  • As every student of Women's Studies 101 knows, what's called aggression in men is usually trivialized as "bitchiness" in women: Men get angry; women suffer from bouts of inexplicable, hormonally-driven, hostility.

    Barbara Ehrenreich: Hillary's Gift to Women 2008

  • Why is an erotica/romantica reviewer andfan and self-described wallower in "bitchiness" so eager to get a copy of a family-friendly, religious romance.

    The Mission, Contrition, Attrition, and the Human Condition Mirtika 2006

  • I don't appreciate your minimizing my demand for equality as "bitchiness".

    Daily News 2010

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