bitchin
Really cool, dude
Bitchin is slang for excellent or impressive, expressing enthusiastic approval: That's a bitchin guitar.
The word emerged from California surfer culture in the 1960s and 70s, where it described waves, cars, or anything admirable.
Despite deriving from bitch, the term carries no negative or gendered connotation—it's purely positive, if dated.
Also spelled bitchen or bitching.
Extremely impressive or overwhelming
- radExposure measurement unit
- coolCalm or fashionable
- gnarlyTwisted and rough
- tubularHaving cylinder form
sick · dope · wicked · killer · badass · righteous · stellar · epic
Quality from past eras
- nostalgicLonging for the past
- throwbackReturn to ancestral type
- seventies1970-1979 period
- eightiesYears from eighty-nine backward
valley-girl · surfer · groovy · far-out · totally · like · gnarly · tubular
Extremely impressive, first-rate
- outstandingExceptionally good or unpaid
- phenomenalExceptionally impressive or unusual
- exceptionalNotably above the norm
- fantasticRemarkably good or unreal
terrific · incredible · amazing · first-rate · top-notch · unreal · insane · unbelievable
Openly resisting control
- nonconformistRejects prevailing social standards
- radicalRoot-indicating symbol
- subversiveSeeking to undermine authority
- punkRaw, fast rock genre
counterculture · edgy · anti-establishment · maverick · renegade · outlaw · irreverent · brash
awesome
Extremely impressive or overwhelming
tubular · sick · dope · wicked · killer · badass · righteous · stellar · epic · legit
vintage
Quality from past eras
eighties · valley-girl · surfer · groovy · far-out · totally · like · gnarly · tubular · radical
superb
Extremely impressive, first-rate
- outstandingExceptionally good or unpaid
- phenomenalExceptionally impressive or unusual
- exceptionalNotably above the norm
fantastic · terrific · incredible · amazing · first-rate · top-notch · unreal · insane · unbelievable · mind-blowing
defiant
Openly resisting control
- nonconformistRejects prevailing social standards
- radicalRoot-indicating symbol
- subversiveSeeking to undermine authority
punk · counterculture · edgy · anti-establishment · maverick · renegade · outlaw · irreverent · brash · bold
- son of a bitchVulgar term for scoundrel
- bad bitchConfident, unapologetic woman
- like a bitchWith extreme harshness
- bitch slapsContemptuous open-handed blows
- sons of bitchesVulgar term for despised people
- bitch slappedStruck with open palm dismissively
bitchier, bitchiest, bitch, bitchy, bitches, bitching, bitchiness, bitched