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psychobitch en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈsaɪkoʊˌbɪt͡ʃ/ (General-American)
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Etymology

From psycho + bitch.

Meanings

  1. (offensive, slang, vulgar) A female who is angry, dangerous, or mentally unstable.
    • “Listen, borderline is Glenn Close in that movie Fatal Attraction. Think stalking, knives, psychobitch from hell. That is not you!” 2010, Kiera Van Gelder, The Buddha and the Borderline: My Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder through Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Buddhism, and Online Dating, New Harbinger Publications, Inc., →ISBN, page 14:
    • She hangs up on me. I can't believe her. One minute she's nice to me and the next she's a psychobitch. 2009, Heather McElhatton, Jennifer Johnson Is Sick of Being Single, Harper, →ISBN, page 86:
    • But on-screen portrayals of real women are getting rarer, while the psychobitch is all the rage. 1993, The Media and Women Without Apology, page 15:

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