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psychobitch

noun
/ˈsaɪkoʊˌbɪt͡ʃ/US

Etymology

From psycho + bitch.

  1. derived from *bikjaną✻ — “to thrust, attack”
  2. inherited from *bikjǭ✻ — “female dog”
  3. inherited from *bikkjā✻
  4. inherited from biċċe
  5. inherited from biche
  6. compounded as psychobitch — “psycho + bitch”

Definitions

  1. A female who is angry, dangerous, or mentally unstable.

    • But on-screen portrayals of real women are getting rarer, while the psychobitch is all the rage.
    • She hangs up on me. I can't believe her. One minute she's nice to me and the next she's a psychobitch.
    • “Listen, borderline is Glenn Close in that movie Fatal Attraction. Think stalking, knives, psychobitch from hell. That is not you!”

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