what does the term "bint" mean?

[missrandom]

its obviously derogatory, but is it a northern thing, you see as a southerner i have never heard this term before, except on here.

[Tony_Day]

I am a southerner and hear and use it.

It is not really derogatory, just means a stupid woman.

[missrandom]

oh tah! is it an older thing?

[DottyH]

no not necessarily, any age can be a bint

[DottyH]

but saying that, calling that russian thing a bint is being over polite, what would you call someone on here who posted a link to pics of dead aborted babies? hun maybe?

[kempie]

From the Arabic for "girl" or "daughter", just as bin means "son" as in Osama bin Laden.

btw "stupid" is derogatory.

[missrandom]

eurgh, why did she do that? with the older thing though, i meant is it a termiology from older days, not one that is used on older women, lol. she a strange one that ruski, or whatever name she uses.

[DottyH]

yes kempie it is, that is why i likened the stupid russian bint to other stuoid people, but the kind of stupod that bint is is beyind any stupodity they would put on you tube

[jno]

I believe the term was brought back to Blighty by troops who served in North Africa, but I'm not sure. In English it is derogatory.

[DottyH]

I call my daughter a dozy bint when she locks herself out or forgets to bring something i asked her to pick up for me, she calls me a dozy bint when I try to park between two parked cars and can't, but it is a term on endearment, but when i cll the russian a dozy bint i meaN IT IN THE MOST DEROGATARY way, but then again i am not convinced it is female, though apparently a bint can be male too.

[kempie]

My addendum was intended for W-M (T_D).

[Marvelman]

when i was young, a bint was any young lady who was available to be chatted up, dont hear it used much nowdays,

[stewey]

I always thought 'bint' was the past superlative intransitive form of 'bitten'. For example: " I was bint by the neighbor's goat".

[Feena]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bint

I've been called this many a time by a certain someone.

[Lonnie]

As kempie and jno says, its Arabic, I served in Aden and soon picked up certain phrases using it.

[neo.]

Its a bit like calling a bird a "boiler"

[johnlambert]

It's wqord used by most squaddies to describe a lady of easy virtue, or , easy meat

[missrandom]

thank-you. i dont think i'll be using it though:-)

[MustafaTickl]

Queen Farida was a shufti bint.

[heathfield]

'Shufti' means to look or observe. 'Shufti bint' would mean 'look at that female'. Used in the army as 'Have a shufti at my new watch', for example.