Post #2414972

2026-05-11 18:08 UTC

So I&#39;m skimming the web, looking for an alternative to &quot;bitch&quot;. Trying to get gendered insults out of my vocabulary. Suggestions to similar asks on reddit are &quot;motherfucker,&quot; &quot;dick,&quot; &quot;cunt,&quot; &quot;witch,&quot; &quot;bitch is gender-neutral.&quot; As usual, reddit doesn&#39;t understand the assignment, the idea being not using aspects of being a women (or a man) as an insult.

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@natecox@tilde.zone 2026-05-11 18:20

@raven@fedi.raventhemaker.com That's a hard one, because bitch is inherently comparative in nature. "You are comparable to [insert this lesser thing]". Replacements of a like nature are probably going to be problematic in general. I limit the usage to "ironically and only with good friends" which is the best I've been able to come up with.

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@kevinrns@mstdn.social 2026-05-11 18:46

@raven@fedi.raventhemaker.com Swearing is psychological, there is no inheirantly offensive word. Swearing reduces pain. You have to have a psychological relationship with the horror described by the word. Would "coward" work?

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@dmoonfire@polymaths.social 2026-05-11 19:10

@raven@fedi.raventhemaker.com I usually go with "asshole" because "festering pile of rancid shit" takes too long.

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@Giselle@mastodon.me.uk 2026-05-12 09:37

@raven@fedi.raventhemaker.com I like dim wit, numskull, nitwit, simpleton, dolt and dunce. Works well with a variety of adjectives like beknighted, blissful, intelligence-challenged, bitchy, vain, entitled... whatever fits the bill. I suppose snide, spiteful or catty also works instead of bitchy.

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