# The term Beotch  or Biotch- where'd it come from?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 13, 2003, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-term-beotch-or-biotch-whered-it-come-from/174985 "2003-05-13T16:45:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![SkeptoLesbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SkeptoLesbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkeptoLesbo)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-term-beotch-or-biotch-whered-it-come-from/174985/1 "2003-05-13T16:45:40Z")

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Does anyone know the origin of this term? I searched for it here but found nothing. Other than for emphasis, I can’t come up with where this might have been coined.

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**Author:** ![metroshane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aeb1de/32.png) [@metroshane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/metroshane)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-term-beotch-or-biotch-whered-it-come-from/174985/2 "2003-05-13T16:46:53Z")

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The first I heard it was on Beavis and Butthead.

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**Author:** ![Wyld\_Stallyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Wyld\_Stallyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wyld_Stallyn)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-term-beotch-or-biotch-whered-it-come-from/174985/3 "2003-05-13T18:27:16Z")

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Snoop Dogg said it before B&B. Before Snoop Dogg…

\<furiously trying to search legitimate websites for a cuss-word\>

I’ll get back to you, but I know that it was a part of the gangsta-rap lexicon before Mike Judge injected it into the vernacular of our favorite Highland High students.

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**Author:** ![istara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e79b87/32.png) [@istara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/istara)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-term-beotch-or-biotch-whered-it-come-from/174985/4 "2003-05-13T18:35:14Z")

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South Park also featured it, but that probably postdates B&B.