I know someone who consistently says, "flip a bitch" when she means "make a u-turn." This is more than a little grating on my ears, especially coming from a woman in her 50's who very rarely uses profanity, and I'm curious about the origin of the expression. I believe she grew up in Kansas and moved in her 20's to the Los Angeles area; could it be regional? She's the only one I've ever heard use the term. Thanks in advance for a clue.
Dan
I've never heard that one.
I'm not really sure how to spell what we used to call u-turns. It was pronounced "yu-ee." You did not "flip" one, but rather you "pulled a yu-ee."
Paradox said:
“pulled a yu-ee.”
Yes! That one is very familiar. I don't believe I've seen an attempt to spell it before.
It seems that “to flip a bitch” is to make an illegal U-turn, which may be redundant. But I've heard that expression some. It's gotta be a SoCal original, I bet.
As for the “bitch” part and where it came from, who knows?