# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-told-you-i-flipped-a-bitch-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/594784/81 "2011-09-01T16:42:23Z")
> [@TransMonk](#): > > 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.” At my age, you’da thunk I’d heard everything. Thanks for proving me wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Doctor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-told-you-i-flipped-a-bitch-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/594784/82 "2011-09-01T16:48:47Z")
Of course I know that one (hey, where’s the poll?) - U turn, preferably a fast one with tires squealing!Central NY in the 80’s. ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-told-you-i-flipped-a-bitch-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/594784/83 "2011-09-01T16:52:40Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > My guess would be that you bought a bitch and resold her at a higher price. Purchased a bitch, invested a minimal amount of effort into mostly cosmetic changes, _maybe_ a Brazilian wax, then resold at a much higher price is what I was thinking too. Enjoy, Steven ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-told-you-i-flipped-a-bitch-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/594784/84 "2011-09-01T17:10:34Z")
Flipped a bitch makes me think you bodyslammed some girl. Here (upstate NY) we say, “bust a Yooey”. ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-told-you-i-flipped-a-bitch-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/594784/85 "2011-09-01T17:16:04Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > My guess would be that you bought a bitch and resold her at a higher price. This. 😃 I was thinking vaguely this kind of thing in my head, and was reaching for it to crystallize into words, and you nailed it 🙂 A close second would be wondering if it was an alteration of “flipping the (a) bird” for the one-finger salute. “Hang a U-ie” would be the typical slang of my youth (with possibly more creative verbs than “hang”, or with adverbs/adjectives added). Never heard about _flipping_ U-turns, though, never mind calling them “bitches” for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![cherry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cherry)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-told-you-i-flipped-a-bitch-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/594784/86 "2011-09-01T17:23:30Z")
Never heard of that slang term. I would have thought it meant you dumped that girl or something like that. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-told-you-i-flipped-a-bitch-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/594784/87 "2011-09-01T17:53:50Z")
Never heard the term. I would have guessed it referred to a sexual act of some sort (and my imagination went to a few places about which I won’t go into further detail here). Raised in the Chicago area where we “Bang a U-ey.” ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-told-you-i-flipped-a-bitch-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/594784/88 "2011-09-01T17:53:56Z")
I grew up in Souther California and I knew it meant a U-turn in fact I can’t think of the last time I said U-turn I live in colorado now and there has never been any confusion when I’ve told someone to flip a bitch. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-told-you-i-flipped-a-bitch-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/594784/89 "2011-09-01T18:01:52Z")
Virginia, never heard of it. I would have thought it meant going from missionary to doggy style. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-told-you-i-flipped-a-bitch-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/594784/90 "2011-09-01T18:05:40Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > Never heard the term. > I would have guessed it referred to a sexual act of some sort (and my imagination went to a few places about which I won’t go into further detail here). > > Raised in the Chicago area where we “Bang a U-ey.” “Bang”? Huh. Never heard that one around here, but it is a city of neighborhoods, and your neighborhood may have had different slang than mine. Looking online, that seems to be a Boston expression. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-told-you-i-flipped-a-bitch-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/594784/91 "2011-09-01T19:17:25Z")
I’ve heard t, but not from a grown woman. It means “hung a U-ooey.” ---
**Author:** ![Dahnlor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dahnlor/32/533_2.png) [@Dahnlor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dahnlor)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-told-you-i-flipped-a-bitch-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/594784/92 "2011-09-01T19:34:07Z")
I grew up in the suburbs of Los Angeles, and in high school (during the '80s) I had a wannabe-gangster friend who used that phrase. I only remember it being used to describe a police car making a u-turn to bust someone. ---
**Author:** ![HawksPath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f07891/32.png) [@HawksPath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HawksPath)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-told-you-i-flipped-a-bitch-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/594784/93 "2011-09-01T21:51:00Z")
I know it and use it occasionally. Learned it in So Cal sometime in the 80s. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-told-you-i-flipped-a-bitch-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/594784/94 "2011-09-02T01:08:53Z")
I heard that it was “whip a tit.” ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-told-you-i-flipped-a-bitch-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/594784/95 "2011-09-02T02:57:50Z")
I flipped a bitch once after I dropped my kids off at the pool. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-told-you-i-flipped-a-bitch-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/594784/96 "2011-09-02T03:05:29Z")
> [@NinetyWt](#): > > 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. I always say “hang a u-ie” No idea why! ---
**Author:** ![Hedda\_Rosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hedda_rosa/32/1204_2.png) [@Hedda\_Rosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hedda_Rosa)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-told-you-i-flipped-a-bitch-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/594784/97 "2011-09-02T05:46:18Z")
I know it, and grew up in Chicago but have lived in CA for 15 years. Not sure when I first heard it, but I suspect during my time out here. ---
**Author:** ![PandaBear77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-told-you-i-flipped-a-bitch-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/594784/98 "2011-09-02T11:15:01Z")
I would assume you either made a rude gesture to someone else in traffic, or you just sold a house for much more than you paid for it. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-told-you-i-flipped-a-bitch-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/594784/99 "2011-09-02T14:10:29Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > I heard that it was “whip a tit.” Hmm. Sure it wasn’t ‘fingerbang a clit’? I think I hear people saying that before they make a u-turn. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-told-you-i-flipped-a-bitch-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/594784/100 "2011-09-04T10:38:53Z")
To me it means you just shot a bird at an asshole. [Previous 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=4) [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=6)