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Proper noun
Bess
- A diminutive of the female given name Elizabeth
c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :King Edward. Come hither, Bess, and let me kiss my boy.
1981, William Wharton, Dad, Knopf, →ISBN, page 293:"Jack, couldn't you call me Bette again? You know how much I hate Bess. I don't know what's happened; you've been calling me Bette since we came to California and now, suddenly, you're calling me Bess."
There's a long silence. Dad's still up on his knees; I'm driving along Sepulveda Boulevard toward Olympic.
"Well, Bette, I married you as Bess and I've always liked that name. It's a name you don't hear very often; it's a strong name like you. Every time I call you Bette I'm afraid somebody else might answer."
- (gay slang) A term applied to a fellow gay man, usually preceding an admonition.[1]
listen here, Bess
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- ^ A. F. Niemoeller, "A Glossary of Homosexual Slang," Fact 2, no. 1 (Jan-Feb 1965): 25
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