door bitch
- noun
- /dɔr bɪtʃ/
- Offensive
:
portero (término vulgar, ofensivo)
- The club hired a door bitch to ensure only invited guests could enter.
Examples
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The door bitch checked our IDs before letting us in.
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She was known as the toughest door bitch in the city's nightlife scene.
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As the door bitch, he greeted everyone with a sharp wit and a quick smile.
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Many door bitches work at popular nightclubs in Las Vegas.
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As the door bitch, he welcomed guests and ensured a smooth entry into the club.
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The door bitch was friendly yet strict, making sure only those on the guest list got in.
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In her role as a door bitch, she expertly managed the line outside the trendy nightclub.
Synonyms
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1.2
A person who stands at a building entrance to greet visitors and check who can enter
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4.3
A person who works at a bar or club and removes troublemakers to keep order
A woman who guards the entrance to a building
How Strict
Surface Forms
Morphology
The constituents 'door' (location/entry) and 'bitch' (a vulgar label for a person) allow a learner to infer a derogatory reference to a person who works at or is positioned at the door, so the general idea of an unpleasant door person is recoverable. However, the specific occupational nuance—screening guests/acting as entry manager—and its slangy, derogatory usage require pragmatic and cultural knowledge of nightlife roles, so the meaning is not fully predictable from the words alone.
Etymology
Door bitch comes from nightclubs where one person stands at the door and decides who gets in. Because that person is often strict or rude, people used the word bitch, a rude word for a harsh person, to describe them, so the phrase came to mean 'the person who controls who comes into the party or club'.