Kim C, no, you are not wrong, a bitch will often refuse a dog that she doesn't like.

So Ebbie, did you cousins exclaim "Oxshit!"

This is just so much semantics. What does it matter? I remember a TV show one time where the guy said to his gal "You're not a bad old boiler!" and it came across as a loving statement.

For me - ladies, women, womyn, wimmin, girls, gals and even bitches. I love them all.