bish

plural bishes

1. slangA minced oath (as a term of abuse).

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   Kate McKinnon, playing Hillary Rodham Clinton, on a series of cue cards: I know you're an elector / And on December 19ᵗʰ... / You're supposed to vote for Donald Trump / But bish... / ...He crayhttps://www.sbs.com.au/news/but-bish-he-cray-snl-spoofs-love-actually-ahead-of-electoral-college-vote-to-confirm-president-trump

   2016 December 17, Saturday Night Live (comedy sketch), National Broadcasting Company

plural bishes

1. UKdatedslangA mistake.

   "You — you don't mean you've made a bish of it?" [said Darbishire]

   1952, Anthony Buckeridge, Jennings and Darbishire, London; Glasgow: Collins, page 64

   1 more example

   What on earth was the matter with him? He never made bishes like this during PT!

   1951, Anthony Buckeridge, Jennings Follows a Clue, →ISBN, page 41

plural bishes

1. UKslangboard gamesA bishop.

   'It's all right, bish,' said Augustine. 'All—all right?' faltered the bishop.

   1927, P. G. Wodehouse, “The Bishop's Move”, in Meet Mr Mulliner

   2 more examples

   BALDRICK: My Lord, the Bishop of Bath and Wells. BISHOP: (enters) The time has come, Blackadder!

   1986, Blackadder TV series, Money (series 2 episode 4)

   'The Bishop of Bangor called.' My father and the bish were pals. 'He has received a strange request from the security service.'

   2017, Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones, We Know All about You, page 1

1. uncountableSynonym of bikh.

   Synonyms: bikh

plural Bishes

1. A surname.