busdown
n.— «She is no longer a ho or a busdown or a bitch as she had been told day-in and day-out by her birth mother.» —“When Will I Be Loved?” by Judy Howell Foster and Adoptive Care Association of Minnesota Mar. 11, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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