bastard offensive! Meaning an unpleasant, despicable person | English learners

bastard
offensive!

Meaning
an unpleasant, despicable person


Gary can be a real selfish bastard sometimes.

If he's such a bastard to you, Cindy, why don't you split up with him and find a nicer guy to go out with?

Origin: The original, but now dated, literal meaning of the word was "an illegitimate person", meaning a person born to an unmarried woman. It was often used as an insulting or derogatory term for an illegitimate person, and then it began to be used more as an offensive slang word meaning an unpleasant or despicable person.




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