Editing Bitch (slang) (section)

===Son of a bitch===
The first known appearance of "son-of-a-bitch" in a work of American fiction is ''[[Seventy-Six (novel)|Seventy-Six]]'' (1823), a [[historical fiction]] novel set during the [[American Revolutionary War]] by eccentric writer and critic [[John Neal]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Sears |first=Donald A. |title=John Neal |publisher=Twayne Publishers |location=Boston, Massachusetts |year=1978 |isbn=0-8057-7230-8 |page=46}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Barnes |first=Albert F. |title=Greater Portland Celebration 350 |publisher=Guy Gannett Publishing Co. |location=Portland, Maine |year=1984 |isbn=0-930096-58-4 |page=47}}</ref> The protagonist, Jonathan Oadley, recounts a battle scene in which he is mounted on a horse: "I wheeled, made a dead set at the son-of-a-bitch in my rear, unhorsed him, and actually broke through the line."<ref>{{cite book |last=Neal |first=John |author-link=John Neal |title=Seventy-Six; or, Love and Battle |series=Novel newspaper; no. 87 |publisher=J. Cunningham |location=London, England |year=1840 |url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008957328 |orig-year=originally published as ''Seventy-Six'' in 1823 |page=52 |access-date=2020-08-23 |archive-date=2020-07-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200710224931/https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008957328 |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:DSCF0444 (3164436583).jpg|thumb|256x256px|An engraving at the [[National Museum of the Marine Corps]] quoting [[Daniel Daly]] during a battle in World War I. According to Marine Corp lore, he said "Come on, you sons of bitches, do you want to live forever?" before a charge.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Roberts |first=Charley |date=2022-03-02 |title="Come on, You Sons of Bitches, Do You Want to Live Forever?"– A Hero Rises Among Heroes |url=https://thewarhorse.org/dan-daly-wwi-medal-of-honor-marines-legend-lives-on/ |access-date=2023-07-28 |website=The War Horse |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-07-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230728000248/https://thewarhorse.org/dan-daly-wwi-medal-of-honor-marines-legend-lives-on/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Iconic Artifacts |url=https://www.usmcmuseum.com/iconic-artifacts.html |access-date=2023-07-28 |website=National Museum of the Marine Corps |language=en |archive-date=2023-05-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528121702/https://www.usmcmuseum.com/iconic-artifacts.html |url-status=live }}</ref>]]
The term's use as an insult is as old as that of ''bitch''. [[euphemism|Euphemistic]] terms are often substituted, such as ''gun'' in the phrase "[[son of a gun]]" as opposed to "son of a bitch", or "s.o.b." for the same phrase. Like ''bitch'', the severity of the insult has diminished. [[Roy Blount Jr.]] in 2008 extolled the virtues of "son of a bitch" (particularly in comparison to "asshole") in common speech and deed.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.esquire.com/features/son-of-a-bitch/sob-0708 |title=The Word Son of a Bitch – Epithets |magazine=Esquire |date=2008-06-18 |access-date=2012-05-03 |archive-date=2012-02-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214080131/http://www.esquire.com/features/son-of-a-bitch/sob-0708 |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Son of a bitch'' can also be used as a "how about that" reaction, or as a reaction to excruciating pain.

In politics the phrase "Yes, he is a son of a bitch, but he is ''our'' son of a bitch" has been attributed, probably apocryphally, to various U.S. presidents from [[Franklin Roosevelt]] to [[Richard Nixon]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Our Son of a Bitch|date=28 August 2013|url=https://arnulfo.wordpress.com/2013/08/28/our-son-of-a-bitch/|access-date=13 April 2016|archive-date=5 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305015252/https://arnulfo.wordpress.com/2013/08/28/our-son-of-a-bitch/|url-status=live}}</ref> Immediately after the detonation of the [[first atomic bomb]] in Alamogordo, [[New Mexico]], in July 1945 (the device codenamed Gadget), the [[Manhattan Project]] scientist who served as the director of the test, [[Kenneth Tompkins Bainbridge]], exclaimed to [[Robert Oppenheimer]] "Now we're all sons-of-bitches."<ref>{{cite web|title=Science Quotes by Kenneth Bainbridge|url=http://todayinsci.com/B/Bainbridge_Kenneth/BainbridgeKenneth-Quotations.htm|access-date=2016-04-13|archive-date=2015-07-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150730003042/http://todayinsci.com/B/Bainbridge_Kenneth/BainbridgeKenneth-Quotations.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

In January 2022, U.S. president [[Joe Biden]] was recorded on a [[hot mic]] responding to [[Fox News]] correspondent [[Peter Doocy]] asking, "Do you think inflation is a political liability ahead of the midterms?" Biden responded sarcastically, saying, "It's a great asset—more inflation. What a stupid son of a bitch."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Boak |first1=Josh |title=Biden caught on hot mic swearing at Fox News reporter |url=https://apnews.com/article/biden-fox-news-reporter-comment-c8a0e3b574d03cf7a2e6140673f59122 |work=AP News |date=24 January 2022 |publisher=AP |access-date=25 January 2022 |archive-date=25 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125160637/https://apnews.com/article/biden-fox-news-reporter-comment-c8a0e3b574d03cf7a2e6140673f59122 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The 19th-century British racehorse [[Filho da Puta]] took its name from "Son of a Bitch" in [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]].

The [[Curtiss SB2C]], a World War II U.S. Navy dive bomber, was called "Son-of-a-Bitch 2nd Class" by some of its pilots and crewmen.