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Chris -- 2018-04-11
“Butch” for “bash”:
That bitch want on a Comey butching fest this morning …
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Qnet change lifes and gives freedom from slavery so stop butching it and start respecting it coz u never know if u may need it tomorrow.
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Seriously, Can someone please get him to stop butching my grammar.
gamer discussion
Now, if we could just get Rufus to stop butching fucking Plato, then FLG would be contented.
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Can you please get of my back for Fuck sack. Stop butching me
nerd drama
“Butch” for “butcher” (I’ve chosen examples of this one in which the perp butchers the word “butcher” while lecturing someone else about “butching” the language, just so I can enjoy the irony):
Please stop butching our grammar! Grammar surrenders!
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My God man, please stop butching our language, lol.
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Please stop butching english, use google translate if you must because right now, it’s pretty much unreadable.
more gamer talk
So long as you stop Butching our language we’ll get along just fine…
still more gamer talk
And here are some examples of “butch” for “bitch”:
People need to stop butching at each other and work together
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I you want a phone that good for just talking, get a iPhone and stop butching
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They can’t stop butching about race and achieving their quota.
and yet more gamer talk
In at least some cases, the substitution may be influenced by “butch” meaning macho or hyper-masculine, which lends itself to images of bashing and butchering.
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