# The slippery bitch **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 25, 2019, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-slippery-bitch/828416 "2019-01-25T20:19:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2019, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-slippery-bitch/828416/1 "2019-01-25T20:19:33Z")
WRT games, does the term “the slippery bitch” mean anything to you? ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2019, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-slippery-bitch/828416/2 "2019-01-25T20:46:25Z")
It used to be another name for the card game Hearts, but I think it’s use has (rightfully) fallen out of favor. I’d look at someone askance if they called it that today. ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2019, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-slippery-bitch/828416/3 "2019-01-25T20:56:23Z")
Yeah, I think the only time I might have heard it is in reference to the Queen of Spades in Hearts. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2019, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-slippery-bitch/828416/4 "2019-01-25T21:09:04Z")
I play a lot of games, including a few card games (Hearts being one of them). I’d never heard the term before reading this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2019, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-slippery-bitch/828416/5 "2019-01-25T21:24:24Z")
Was just wondering, as I was discussing Hearts w/ someone, and they said they had never heard the term. But I’ve played a lot of hearts in my life, and it was always a quite common term. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2019, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-slippery-bitch/828416/6 "2019-01-25T23:32:35Z")
I’ve played lots of hearts in my life. I’ve never heard it before. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2019, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-slippery-bitch/828416/7 "2019-01-26T00:28:16Z")
Upon further reflection, I do now recall hearing another player or two occasionally refer to the Queen of Hearts as “the bitch” while playing Hearts, but I’ve never heard the “slippery bitch” term. I wonder if it’s more regional, and / or generational. ---
**Author:** ![Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Springtime_for_Spacers)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2019, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-slippery-bitch/828416/8 "2019-01-26T02:01:51Z")
I first heard of Hearts as “Hunt the “Rhyming C word”.” “Find the Lady” to be polite. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2019, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-slippery-bitch/828416/9 "2019-01-26T03:33:45Z")
The first thing that came to my mind was Bikini oil wrestling, but my mind is not a safe place… Press on. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2019, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-slippery-bitch/828416/10 "2019-01-26T04:20:48Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > The first thing that came to my mind was Bikini oil wrestling, but my mind is not a safe place… > > Press on. I think greyhound racing myself. ---
**Author:** ![BobBitchin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@BobBitchin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobBitchin)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2019, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-slippery-bitch/828416/11 "2019-01-26T06:32:39Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > The first thing that came to my mind was Bikini oil wrestling, but my mind is not a safe place… > > Press on. Is there a cover charge?🆒 ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2019, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-slippery-bitch/828416/12 "2019-01-26T11:10:23Z")
I’ve played Hearts, whist, bridge and poker. Never heard the term. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2019, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-slippery-bitch/828416/13 "2019-01-26T12:25:07Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > WRT games, does the term “the slippery bitch” mean anything to you? Nope. Not heard the term before. ---
**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:** [January 26, 2019, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-slippery-bitch/828416/14 "2019-01-26T14:11:12Z")
The queen of spades, of course. ETA: it can also just be the name of the game hearts, as well. ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2019, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-slippery-bitch/828416/15 "2019-01-28T03:41:45Z")
I’ve heard the QoS called “The Bitch” but never “The Slippery Bitch” before this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2019, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-slippery-bitch/828416/16 "2019-01-28T15:04:35Z")
[Moderating] I’ve been uncomfortable with this thread right from the start, but posts 8 and 9 > [@](#): > > I first heard of Hearts as “Hunt the “Rhyming C word”.” “Find the Lady” to be polite. > [@](#): > > The first thing that came to my mind was Bikini oil wrestling, but my mind is not a safe place… > > Press on. I think put it over the top. I think it’s established that some but not all people are familiar with this name for the game and/or the Queen of Spades, and we’ll just leave it at that. If you want to discuss the game itself, please do so under a different name.