Definitions
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- noun A person; a fellow.
- noun A rascal; a scamp.
- interjection Used to express annoyance, disappointment, or surprise.
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- noun euphemistic
son of a bitch
Etymologies
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The U.S. Navy publication Nomenclature of Ships (John Snelling, 1981) describes the origin of this phrase as follows:
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johnmperry commented on the word son of a gun
Derived from the days when women were allowed to live in naval ships. The ‘son-of-a-gun’ was one born in a ship, often in the greater space near the midship gun, behind a canvas screen. If paternity was uncertain, the child was entered in the ship’s log as a “Son-of-a-gun.�?
June 22, 2008
gangerh commented on the word son of a gun
Never daughter of a gun?
June 22, 2008