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slitch¹

  • /slɪt͡ʃ/

Where it comes from

From Middle English slicche, from Old English *sliċ, from Proto-West Germanic *sliki, *slīk, from Proto-Germanic *slikiz, *slīką, from Proto-Indo-European *sleyg- (“to be slick; slide, slip”). Related to Dutch slijk (“mud, mire, slush”), German Low German Slick (“mud, silt”), German Schlick (“silt, mud”). Doublet of sleech.

noun

  1. dialectal, rare, uncountable Fine mud; silt; slake. This would be the properest Manure for their Sandy Land, if they spread it not too thick, theirs being, as I have said, a shallow sandy Soil, which was the Reason I never advis'd any to use Lime, […] But as most Lands have one Swamp or another bordering on them, they may certainly get admirable Slit

slitch²

  • /slɪt͡ʃ/

Where it comes from

Blend of slut + bitch; coined by American science fiction author Robert Heinlein in 1982 in the novel Friday.

noun

  1. nonce word, slang, vulgar A slutty bitch. When she came back, her father inquired who had made the call. The daughter replied that it was that ‘old slitch, Mrs Blank’. I was much puzzled by the word ‘slitch’ and wondered if I had heard correctly. I rather diffidently inquired as to the meaning of the word. The Consul General gave me a pierc

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"slitch." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/slitch. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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slitch. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/slitch

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"slitch." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/slitch.

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@misc{slitch_2026,
  title = {slitch},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/slitch},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}