Bint is British slang for a woman, often considered insulting or derogatory. Borrowed from Arabic (where it means daughter) during British colonial period. Worth conversations about respectful language. If your kid uses it constantly, ask them where they first heard it, not to police their speech but to understand which online community they are in. Most slang of this kind moves through TikTok and group chats, so seeing it in your child's vocabulary just means they are plugged into normal teen internet culture.
bint
(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, derogatory) A woman, a girl.
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BlueskyMay 2026
A bint is a kind of potato in Dutch. You don’t look like one.
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BlueskyMay 2026
"replying..."? What the fuck for? Daft bint...
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BlueskyMay 2026
Just blocked someone for calling me a "daft bint". I may be daft but I'm certainly not a bint 😥
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BlueskyMay 2026
And I'd have been fine with that if the approach had been, "How can we reduce your anxiety" rather than, "why do you think you're anxious, you neurotic bint".
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BlueskyMay 2026
Near Bint Dschubail, they wanted to reach a point at a gas station from which Israeli tanks had withdrawn. They were encouraged by the news that the Lebanese army had meanwhile set up a post there. 7/
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#1·Apr 27, 2026UK
(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, derogatory) A woman, a girl.
Tell that bint to get herself in here now!
Origin: Borrowed from , from , used to denote a patronym. The term entered the British lexicon during the occupation of Egypt at the end of the 19th century, where it was adopted by British soldiers to mean "girlfriend" or "bit on the side". Its register varies from that of the harsher bitch to being affectionate, the latter more commonly associated with the West Midlands. The term was used in British armed forces and the London area synonymously with bird in its slang usage (and sometimes brass) from at least the 1950s. (In the Tyneside shipping industry, particularly in Laygate, in South Shields,. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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Bint is British slang for a woman, often considered insulting or derogatory. Borrowed from Arabic (where it means daughter) during British colonial period. Worth conversations about respectful language. If your kid uses it constantly, ask them where they first heard it, not to police their speech but to understand which online community they are in. Most slang of this kind moves through TikTok and group chats, so seeing it in your child's vocabulary just means they are plugged into normal teen internet culture.
For ESL learners
Bint is British English informal noun for a woman, generally considered derogatory or dismissive. The term originated as Arabic "bint" (daughter) during British colonial contact. Use only in critical discussion; treat as offensive. Formal equivalent: "woman." Common non-native mistake: using as a neutral descriptor; in British English the term carries dismissive or sexist connotations. Read or listen to the word in context several times before trying it yourself; the right register is harder to learn than the dictionary meaning.
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“A bint is a kind of potato in Dutch. You don’t look like one.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“"replying..."? What the fuck for? Daft bint...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Just blocked someone for calling me a "daft bint". I may be daft but I'm certainly not a bint 😥”
— Bluesky· May 2026“And I'd have been fine with that if the approach had been, "How can we reduce your anxiety" rather than, "why do you think you're anxious, you neurotic bint".”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Near Bint Dschubail, they wanted to reach a point at a gas station from which Israeli tanks had withdrawn. They were encouraged by the news that the Lebanese army had meanwhile set up a post there. 7/”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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