# If I told you I "Flipped a bitch" would you know what I was talking about? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 31, 2011, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-told-you-i-flipped-a-bitch-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/594784 "2011-08-31T21:02:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-told-you-i-flipped-a-bitch-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/594784/1 "2011-08-31T21:02:03Z")
I hadn’t started hearing this term until my (now ex) stepmom started using it regularly. Since then, I haven’t heard it used much from anyone…although just the other day I heard someone use it. Do you know what this is referring to? The answer for after you reply: Making a (usually illegal) U-turn. ---
**Author:** ![Hyperelastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Hyperelastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hyperelastic)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-told-you-i-flipped-a-bitch-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/594784/2 "2011-08-31T21:09:07Z")
It’s making a U-turn. I believe this is Bay Area slang. ---
**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-told-you-i-flipped-a-bitch-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/594784/3 "2011-08-31T21:09:27Z")
Yes, it was used all the time in High School and growing up. I wouldn’t say it to my Mom, but it could still be used within my peer group and not be weird. Grew up in WA, Graduated High school 2000 ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-told-you-i-flipped-a-bitch-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/594784/4 "2011-08-31T21:10:39Z")
I take it this doesn’t mean you have issues with another member of the cheerleading squad. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-told-you-i-flipped-a-bitch-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/594784/5 "2011-08-31T21:10:50Z")
I would assume that you had applied a judo move to one of the stable of prostitutes you employ/supervise. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-told-you-i-flipped-a-bitch-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/594784/6 "2011-08-31T21:12:02Z")
You performed the automotive move normally referred to as a “u-turn”. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-told-you-i-flipped-a-bitch-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/594784/7 "2011-08-31T21:12:06Z")
Never heard it. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-told-you-i-flipped-a-bitch-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/594784/8 "2011-08-31T21:12:32Z")
Never heard it. Grew up in Maryland in the 1970s. ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-told-you-i-flipped-a-bitch-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/594784/9 "2011-08-31T21:13:31Z")
I would assume you gestured at another individual with one raised middle finger. (UK, spent enough time in US to wrongly think I know stuff) ---
**Author:** ![TransMonk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e8c25b/32.png) [@TransMonk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TransMonk)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-told-you-i-flipped-a-bitch-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/594784/10 "2011-08-31T21:16:08Z")
Making a U-turn is called “whipping a shitty” in my experience…at least where I grew up. “Aww, you missed the turn. Now you’re going to have to whip a shitty to get back there.” ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-told-you-i-flipped-a-bitch-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/594784/11 "2011-08-31T21:17:04Z")
I was down with the OPs vernacular, that’s just how I role, Homie ---
**Author:** ![Chopper9760](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@Chopper9760](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chopper9760)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-told-you-i-flipped-a-bitch-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/594784/12 "2011-08-31T21:19:56Z")
Yup, you flipped a 180 which, depending on your speed, may have caused your passengers to grab the shit handles. Edit: I’ve never heard but totally dig “whippin’ a shitty.” ---
**Author:** ![Sally\_Mander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@Sally\_Mander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sally_Mander)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-told-you-i-flipped-a-bitch-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/594784/13 "2011-08-31T21:25:13Z")
Nope, I’ve never heard the term. I would have guessed it was something like ‘pitched a fit’ as in freaking out on someone. The real answer? We call that “hangin’ a u-ie” where I come from. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-told-you-i-flipped-a-bitch-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/594784/14 "2011-08-31T21:38:20Z")
My guess would be that you bought a bitch and resold her at a higher price. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-told-you-i-flipped-a-bitch-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/594784/15 "2011-08-31T21:45:56Z")
Never heard of it. U-turns are illegal here, so… only do one if you can get away with it. “Hang a u-ie” I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-told-you-i-flipped-a-bitch-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/594784/16 "2011-08-31T21:48:07Z")
I say “flip a u-ie”, but I’ve heard your version, too. Alternately, it can mean to start anal sex without asking first, but it’s usually clear from context which it is. Usually. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-told-you-i-flipped-a-bitch-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/594784/17 "2011-08-31T21:53:52Z")
THat hamburger stuck to’ the frying pan, but i finally flipped that bitch! 😛 I’ve heard it as, “when I told her I made out with her sister, she really flipped a bitch” quite often, but never as an illegal u-turn. EDIT: **Alessan** , that made my day. It’s even funnier since you’re Israeli! ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-told-you-i-flipped-a-bitch-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/594784/18 "2011-08-31T21:55:57Z")
Never heard of it, and all my ideas of what it might mean were closer to **Babale** ’s guess. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-told-you-i-flipped-a-bitch-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/594784/19 "2011-08-31T22:01:35Z")
Never heard it. Thought it was a homeboy way of saying he shot his girlfriend. In these parts, we pull a u-ie. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-told-you-i-flipped-a-bitch-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/594784/20 "2011-08-31T22:08:30Z")
Never heard the expression in my life until I was reading a traffic accident report. I had to google it to figure out what was being talked about. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-told-you-i-flipped-a-bitch-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/594784.md?page=2)