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Euphemism for u-turn
dhenderson
Sunnyvale, CA
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2008/01/28 - 3:48pm
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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'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.

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2008/01/29 - 11:48am
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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."

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2008/01/29 - 5:07pm
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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.

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2008/03/07 - 5:01pm
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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?

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