Bitchin’ Betty
n.— «The 19 pilots in the 200-member squadron stationed at El Toro fly the FA-18 Hornets, a single-seat, high-tech aircraft that features computerized instrument panels, television screens to aid in bombing run accuracy and even a computerized female voice—dubbed “Bitchin’ Betty”—that alerts pilots to mechanical trouble.» —“Original ‘Death Rattlers’ Get a Look at the New Guys” by Marcida Dodson Los Angeles Times July 31, 1983. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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