What exactly is a "bint"? I only ever see the word in this forum.

Veri · 05/02/15 - 03:42

Just wondering. It seems to be at least mildly insulting, but beyond that, I can't say.

Luner13 · 05/02/15 - 03:47

Look up the definition on google

Trumbles · 05/02/15 - 03:49

It's mildly offensive. What people mean by it - apart from 'woman' - varies

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Bint

As you can see it was used in Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

diesels hummin · 05/02/15 - 03:54

Trumbles wrote: »

It's mildly offensive. What people mean by it - apart from 'woman' - varies

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Bint

As you can see it was used in Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

Here it is..https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOOTKA0aGI0 It"s well funny.

Wicked Father · 05/02/15 - 03:54

It derives from bintun which is arabic for girl.

TeganRhan · 05/02/15 - 04:03

Veri wrote: »

Just wondering. It seems to be at least mildly insulting, but beyond that, I can't say.

Not meaning anything by this, but where in the UK are you from? I thought it was a common phrase (at least it is where I grew up) but then I wonder if it's a age thing...hmmm
Or maybe it's just us python fans who use it...

[Deleted User] · 05/02/15 - 06:13

TeganRhan wrote: »

Not meaning anything by this, but where in the UK are you from? I thought it was a common phrase (at least it is where I grew up) but then I wonder if it's a age thing...hmmm
Or maybe it's just us python fans who use it...

Never heard of it

pope_tart · 05/02/15 - 06:24

It's common enough here in Wales....usually derogatory towards women

daft bint = silly moo,

not as harsh as stupid cow or thick bitch

CLL Dodge · 05/02/15 - 06:50

It's a 4 letter insult ending "nt" so it sounds satisfying without being grossly offensive.

Fiddly_Feltz · 05/02/15 - 06:58

Must be a word John Cleese likes then. He used it in Fawlty Towers -

'Well whose fault is it then you cloth eared bint? Denis Compton's?!

Skaface · 05/02/15 - 07:39

I have no idea when or where it originated, but it's a word I've been familiar with as far back as I can remember. Growing up, I often heard female members of my family called a 'silly bint' ('daft mare' was another one, as I recall). It was always used as a light-hearted insult, with no malice intended.

My best friend and I occasionally refer to ourselves as a 'right pair of old bints' when we're sharing a bit of banter. We consider it a term of endearment.

patricia50 · 05/02/15 - 07:50

I don't know it's origins but I grew up hearing it and it is used as a term for a woman.

scone · 05/02/15 - 07:55

Luner13 wrote: »

Look up the definition on google

Why do that when you can start a topic and ask on here?

muggins14 · 05/02/15 - 08:02

I've only ever heard it in the context of being derogatory towards women and would take it as an insult were anybody to refer to me as such.

The people who use it referring to women they don't know, starting threads, etc. are not using it in a friendly, endearing context

There's a lot of name-calling towards women on the DSBB forum.

Bint (noun) "(offensive, slang) a derogatory term for girl, woman"
Collins

docman · 05/02/15 - 08:06

Bint is a common word it's generally a playfully offensive word. It's similar to calling a bloke a "Sod". Which is a word with a much more problematic root.

As for the forum, it's rude to everyone.

muggins14 · 05/02/15 - 08:11

docman wrote: »

Bint is a common word it's generally a playfully offensive word. It's similar to calling a bloke a "Sod". Which is a word with a much more problematic root.

As for the forum, it's rude to everyone.

When I lived in America I was often asked what was insulting about a piece of earth

Sod has no male/female connotation, so I don't see the similarity at all.

Arcana · 05/02/15 - 08:18

A mint for people with stuffy noses.

sycamore · 05/02/15 - 09:56

muggins14 wrote: »

When I lived in America I was often asked what was insulting about a piece of earth

Sod has no male/female connotation, so I don't see the similarity at all.

'Sod' is a specifically male insult.

white tigress · 05/02/15 - 09:59

Arcana wrote: »

A mint for people with stuffy noses.

:D:D

muggins14 · 05/02/15 - 10:04

sycamore wrote: »

'Sod' is a specifically male insult.

Nobody told me

I've used it many a time, to anybody male or female, through most of my 52 years!

Just reading up on it, I didn't even know it came from sodomite - you learn something new every day!
I always use it in the 'softer' sense, as a different word to idiot or fool, which both males and females can be of course

[Deleted User] · 05/02/15 - 10:10

Grammar Police here - some members of this forum have ween wrongly using "bint" to refer to males. This should stop.

Amelia_Sutherla · 05/02/15 - 10:20

@e.

Veri · 05/02/15 - 11:08

Now that people have mentioned Monty Python and the Holy Grail and Fawlty Towers, I'm sure I must have heard the word before, but years ago. If I ever hear it in ordinary life, outside this forum, it's not often enough to remember it.

My impression from forum use was that it was insulting, but not bad enough that you'd get in trouble for using it here.

Is there any equivalent, safely mild insulting term for men?

Veri · 05/02/15 - 11:09

docman wrote: »

Bint is a common word it's generally a playfully offensive word. It's similar to calling a bloke a "Sod". Which is a word with a much more problematic root.

As for the forum, it's rude to everyone.

But the forum doesn't use "sod" for male HMs in the way "bint" is used for female ones.

pope_tart · 05/02/15 - 11:14

Conehead wrote: »

Grammar Police here - some members of this forum have ween wrongly using "bint" to refer to males. This should stop.

no it shouldn't. Why should insults be gender specific? I know plenty of male bitches for example

KT_Dog · 05/02/15 - 11:21

Isnt it northern? I've always heard it... But reading this thread I do wonder whether I just got it off Python.

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