Hard Bitten

This is the issue that initially got me so damn mad at you damned people. Apparently, 50% or more of you don't know what it means for someone to be "hard-bitten." Seriously? Are you fucking serious? GO READ A BOOK! No seriously, I was sitting around with a group of my friends when I described a girl I knew as rather hard-bitten and thus not prone to titillation or frivolity. And all I got were blanks. Miles and miles of blank, milky-eyed stares.

So, in order to prevent you from giving me that same "I'm a retarded goldfish with fetal alcohol syndrome" look next time I use the phrase in a conversation, I will now explain the term.

The American Heritage Dictionary (free, on the internet!) defines hard-bitten as follows:

"Adj. 1. hard-bitten - tough and callous by virtue of experience"

There you have it. Seems obvious now, doesn't it? Doesn't it? I mean, just think about it. Someone who is hard-bitten is someone who has been bitten by life, and become hardened as a result. Fuck I hate you.

Still don't get it? Lets try pictures.

This man is hard bitten:



















This man is both hard, and freshly-bitten:















And this man is perhaps the most stone-cold,
hard-bitten badass of all time:














If you still don't get it, just go home, because you make me tired.