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rhymes-with-rich

rhymes-with-rich noun: a bitch.

Noun

rhymes-with-rich (plural rhymes-with-riches)

  1. (euphemistic) A bitch.

Forms of rhymes-with-rich

pluralrhymes-with-riches

Origin of rhymes-with-rich

From a reporter’s conversation in 1984 with Barbara Bush, who said of Geraldine Ferraro, “I can’t say it, but it rhymes with rich.” Despite Bush’s later assertion that the word she had been avoiding was witch, the phrase has been generally interpreted as a euphemism for bitch.

Questions about rhymes-with-rich

What does rhymes-with-rich mean?
Rhymes-with-rich means a bitch.
What part of speech is rhymes-with-rich?
Rhymes-with-rich is a noun.
What is the plural of rhymes-with-rich?
The plural of rhymes-with-rich is rhymes-with-riches.

Words near rhymes-with-rich in the dictionary

  1. rhymes
  2. rhymes off
  3. rhymes out
  4. rhymes royal
  5. rhymes up
  6. rhymes-with-rich
  7. rhymes-with-riches
  8. rhymest
  9. rhymester
  10. rhymesters
  11. rhymeth

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