Catchword: bitza

Gloss: a thing that has a mixed heritage or is made of an other assortment of different things.

Note: Also spelled “bitsa.” Both are shortened forms of “bitzer” or “bitser,” which in turn are contractions of “bits of.” All variants are far more common in English outside North America and can often be found referring to mixed-breed dogs. A 1990’s British television show, “Bitsa,” involved two men making complex projects out of craft supplies, small common objects, and discarded items. 

Filed Under: English, Australia, United Kingdom, Animals, Insects, & Birds, Colloquial, Abbreviation

Part of Speech: n.

Quotation: Powering the new Teo is the same engine that saw out the end of last season, the same “old bitza” as Mark likes to call it. Indeed it is an engine with some history amongst the team, containing some of the original components from the very first Ford engine campaigned by Mark’s father Steve in his farewell season in the last 1990’s.

Article or Document Title:
“Robinson Unveils American-Built Rocket” (URL)

Author:
Ben Graham

Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
WhoWon.com

Dateline:
Australia

Date of Publication:
Oct. 18, 2007

This catchword has yet to be researched.