# 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:** 7\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-told-you-i-flipped-a-bitch-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/594784/101 "2011-09-04T12:20:15Z")
U-turn. Heard and used it in the mid-90s growing up in Santa Rosa, California. Haven’t heard it actually used for years. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-told-you-i-flipped-a-bitch-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/594784/102 "2011-09-04T16:25:38Z")
> [@Becky2844](#): > > To me it means you just shot a bird at an asshole. This is what I guessed it to mean. I’d just assume the word “off” had been dropped off. ---
**Author:** ![Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/278dde/32.png) [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runs_With_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-told-you-i-flipped-a-bitch-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/594784/103 "2011-09-04T18:30:33Z")
My high school friends thought it was oh-so-clever in 1988. ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-told-you-i-flipped-a-bitch-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/594784/104 "2011-09-04T19:08:11Z")
> [@toofs](#): > > Growing up in Southern California, I remember using this phrase back in the eighties. > > “Dude, you missed the turn. Flip a bitch; the turn will be on the left.” Yes, this. I don’t know if I stopped using it because I grew up, or because the phrase fell out of fashion. ---
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-told-you-i-flipped-a-bitch-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/594784/105 "2011-09-04T20:49:04Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > I say “flip a u-ie”, but I’ve heard your version, too.. This or hang a u-ie. Never heard of flipping a bitch. Wisconsin - 70s. ---
**Author:** ![FrancisCastle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b4bc9f/32.png) [@FrancisCastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrancisCastle)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-told-you-i-flipped-a-bitch-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/594784/106 "2011-09-04T20:58:01Z")
I’ve heard the phrase but never used it myself. Here in NE Wisconsin it’s either “pull a u-ey” or “whip a shitty”. I think someone else mentioned previously that “whip a shitty” also describes the act of doing donuts in the wintertime. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-told-you-i-flipped-a-bitch-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/594784/107 "2011-09-04T21:26:46Z")
I want to re-program my GPS. “In 100 yards … turn left … then whip a shitty … and you have arrived at your destination.” [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=5)