antedating bitching (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE

OED sense bitch v2 Derivatives "bitching" n 1953

_California Tech_ [student newspaper of California Institute of
Technology] Vol L #23 4/14/1949 p 2 col 6
http://caltechcampuspubs.library.caltech.edu/273/1/1949_04_14_50_23.pdf
"John Rogers, however, was at said Theatre Party with Barbie, whom he as
fascinated *(26) with his incessant bitching about the njustices [sic]
of this cruel world." ["*(26)" is a footnote in the original text]



OED sense bitching A.2. adj expressing admiration 1957

_Life_ 10/28/1957 p. 111 col 2
http://books.google.com/books?id=5lYEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA111&dq=gidget&hl=en&e
i=cS35TOblJIL78Ab8rLHgCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CC0
Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=bitchen&f=false

"The book tells how Gidget learned the difficult art of surfboarding --
catching the "bitchen wetbacks" (big waves) and "shooting the curls"
(riding the surf) without "getting the ax" (falling under a breaker)."


Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE

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